Natural hazards · Erie

Erie, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Erie comes from strong winds, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Erie?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Erie to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from strong winds and hail.

Strong wind34%Hail20%Cold waves19%Inland flooding18%Tornadoes6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Erie faces

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

Strong wind

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% 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 Erie flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cass County.

Disasters that hit Erie

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ErieDeclared for Cass County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Cass County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Erie

Erie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Eriemostly strong windsModerate

Dowsmostly strong windsModerate

Empiremostly strong windsModerate

Arthurmostly strong windsModerate

Richmostly strong windsLow

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