Natural hazards · Kindred

Kindred, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kindred comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kindred?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kindred to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding46%Strong wind20%Cold waves12%Hail11%Tornadoes7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Kindred faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 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 Kindred flood?

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

5paid claims since 1979

$38Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Kindred 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Kindred

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KindredDeclared for Cass County only

2011

Flooding

5 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $39K to the City of Kindred for repairs

2010

Flooding

$21K to the City of Kindred for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

65 households applied for aid $57K aid approved $151K to the City of Kindred for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$11K to the City of Kindred for repairs

Cass County has had 30 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. Kindred 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 Kindred’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kindred. 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.

Kindred, ND natural hazards

How exposed is Kindred?

What Kindred faces

Inland flooding

Strong wind

Cold waves

Hail

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Kindred flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Flooding

Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

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