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Leonard, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leonard comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Leonard?

71
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leonard 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 Leonard 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 Leonard flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Leonard 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 Leonard

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeonardDeclared for Cass County only
2023

Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds

$10K to the City of Leonard for repairs
2011

Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved $14K to the City of Leonard for repairs
2010

Flooding

$45K to the City of Leonard for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $42K to the City of Leonard for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$20K to the City of Leonard 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. Leonard 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 Leonard’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Leonard. 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.

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