Natural hazards · Dunseith

Dunseith, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dunseith comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dunseith?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Wildfire35%Cold waves33%Inland flooding15%Ice storms5%Winter weather5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Dunseith faces

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

Wildfire

35% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Winter weather

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Dunseith flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rolette County.

Disasters that hit Dunseith

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DunseithDeclared for Rolette County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

64 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$8K to the City of Dunseith for repairs

1999

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

$18K to the City of Dunseith for repairs

Rolette County has had 23 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. Dunseith 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 Dunseith’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dunseith. 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.