Natural hazards · Epping

Epping, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Epping comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 Epping?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Epping to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding39%Cold waves27%Tornadoes8%Wildfire7%Winter weather6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Epping faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Winter weather

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsHeat 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 Epping flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Williams County.

Disasters that hit Epping

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EppingDeclared for Williams County only

2011

Flooding

$5K to the City of Epping for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $670 aid approved

2004

Snow

$878 to the City of Epping for repairs

Williams County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Epping

Epping and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Eppingmostly inland floodingVery low

Springbrookmostly inland floodingVery low

Brooklynmostly inland floodingVery low

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