Natural hazards · Carson

Carson, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carson comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Carson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carson to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hail.

Cold waves52%Hail17%Inland flooding16%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Carson faces

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

Cold waves

52% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Hail

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Carson flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grant County.

Disasters that hit Carson

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CarsonDeclared for Grant County only

2013

Severe Winter Storm

$6K to the City of Carson for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

Grant County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Carson 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 Carson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Carson. 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.