Natural hazards · Inkster

Inkster, ND natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Inkster to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves24%Hail9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Inkster faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce 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 Inkster flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grand Forks County.

Disasters that hit Inkster

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into InksterDeclared for Grand Forks County only

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$6K to the City of Inkster for repairs

Grand Forks County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Inkster

Inkster and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Inkstermostly inland floodingHigh

Strabanemostly inland floodingHigh

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