Natural hazards · Crary

Crary, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crary comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2010. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Crary?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Crary to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves43%Inland flooding17%Strong wind11%Hail9%Wildfire6%Tornadoes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Crary faces

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

Cold waves

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Crary flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Crary, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2010

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ramsey County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Crary

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CraryDeclared for Ramsey County only

2011

Flooding

9 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $58K to the City of Crary for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

$12K to the City of Crary for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$4K to the City of Crary for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Flooding and Ground Saturation

$1K to the City of Crary for repairs

1999

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

$1K to the City of Crary for repairs

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