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Natural hazards · Marion

Marion, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marion comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Marion?

30
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marion to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.

Cold waves49%Strong wind15%Inland flooding12%Hail12%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Marion faces

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

Cold waves

49% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce 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 Marion flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Marion isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: LaMoure County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Marion

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarionDeclared for LaMoure County only
2023

Flooding

$14K to the City of Marion for repairs
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$103K to the City of Marion for repairs
2021

Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$30K to the City of Marion for repairs
2020

Flooding

$3K to the City of Marion for repairs
2019

Flooding

$50K to the City of Marion for repairs
2011

Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $170K to the City of Marion for repairs
2010

Flooding

$13K to the City of Marion for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $23K to the City of Marion for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$7K to the City of Marion for repairs
LaMoure County has had 29 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. Marion 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 Marion’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marion. 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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