Natural hazards · Captain's Landing

Captain's Landing, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Captain's Landing comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Captain's Landing?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Captain's Landing to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding30%Cold waves24%Hail20%Tornadoes11%Winter weather5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Captain's Landing faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Hail

20% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Winter weather

5% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Captain's Landing flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Morton County.

Disasters that hit Captain's Landing

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Morton County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Captain's Landing itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Captain's LandingDeclared for Morton County only

Morton County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Captain's Landing

Captain's Landing and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bismarckmostly inland floodingHigh

Mandanmostly inland floodingHigh

Captain's Landingmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Captain's Landing 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 Captain's Landing’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Captain's Landing. 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.