Natural hazards · Buxton

Buxton, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buxton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Buxton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buxton to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding26%Hail26%Cold waves22%Tornadoes9%Strong wind7%Ice storms5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Buxton faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Buxton flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Buxton.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Buxton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Traill County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Buxton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Buxton itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Buxton.

Brought FEMA money into BuxtonDeclared for Traill County only

2011

Flooding

$2K to the City of Buxton for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $9K to the City of Buxton for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$13K to the City of Buxton for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$7K to the City of Buxton for repairs

1999

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow, Ice, Ground Saturation, Lanslides, Mudslides, and Tor

$10K to the City of Buxton for repairs

Traill County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Buxton

Buxton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Buxtonmostly inland floodingLow

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Buxton is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Buxton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Buxton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.