Natural hazards · Fullerton

Fullerton, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fullerton comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fullerton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fullerton to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hail.

Cold waves50%Hail16%Inland flooding13%Strong wind10%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Fullerton faces

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

Cold waves

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Hail

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce 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 Fullerton flood?

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

Disasters that hit Fullerton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FullertonDeclared for Dickey County only

2023

Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds

$15K to the City of Fullerton for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$2K to the City of Fullerton for repairs

1999

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

$7K to the City of Fullerton for repairs

Dickey County has had 28 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. Fullerton 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 Fullerton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fullerton. 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.