Natural hazards · Hazelton

Hazelton, ND natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hazelton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hazelton to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves31%Inland flooding26%Wildfire16%Hail13%Tornadoes6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Hazelton faces

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

Cold waves

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

16% of expected damage

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

Hail

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Hazelton flood?

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

1paid claims since 1978

$411paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Emmons County.

Disasters that hit Hazelton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HazeltonDeclared for Emmons County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

Emmons County has had 22 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. Hazelton 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 Hazelton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hazelton. 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.