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Natural hazards · Carrington

Carrington, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carrington comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Carrington?

65
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carrington to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and strong winds.

Cold waves40%Strong wind23%Inland flooding13%Hail9%Tornadoes5%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Carrington faces

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

Cold waves

40% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Strong wind

23% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter 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 Carrington flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Carrington isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Foster County.
Disasters that hit Carrington

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CarringtonDeclared for Foster County only
2011

Flooding

$8K to the City of Carrington for repairs
2010

Flooding

$11K to the City of Carrington for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

62 households applied for aid $35K aid approved $27K to the City of Carrington for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$86K to the City of Carrington for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding and Ground Saturation

$94K to the City of Carrington for repairs
1999

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

$829K to the City of Carrington for repairs
Foster County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Carrington

Carrington and the towns around it

Carrington: High, mostly cold wavesWyard: High, mostly cold wavesRose Hill: High, mostly cold wavesEstabrook: High, mostly cold wavesMelville: High, mostly cold wavesBirtsell: High, mostly cold wavesLongview: High, mostly cold wavesBilodeau: Low, mostly cold wavesCarrington: High, mostly cold waves CarringtonCarringtonWyard
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Carringtonmostly cold wavesHigh
Carringtonmostly cold wavesHigh
Wyardmostly cold wavesHigh
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. Carrington 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 Carrington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Carrington. 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.

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