Natural hazards · McClusky

McClusky, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McClusky comes from hail, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McClusky?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McClusky to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and cold waves.

Hail26%Cold waves24%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes10%Ice storms7%Winter weather6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What McClusky faces

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

Hail

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Winter weather

6% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

Heat 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 McClusky flood?

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

Disasters that hit McClusky

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McCluskyDeclared for Sheridan County only

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$26K to the City of McClusky for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Flooding and Ground Saturation

$6K to the City of McClusky for repairs

Sheridan County has had 20 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. McClusky 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 McClusky’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of McClusky. 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.