Natural hazards · Glen Ullin

Glen Ullin, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glen Ullin comes from hail, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glen Ullin?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glen Ullin to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and cold waves.

Hail29%Cold waves26%Inland flooding24%Tornadoes7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Glen Ullin faces

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

Hail

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Glen Ullin flood?

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

1paid claims since 1978

$350paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Morton County.

Disasters that hit Glen Ullin

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Glen UllinDeclared for Morton County only

2011

Flooding

17 households applied for aid $44K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

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