Natural hazards · Milnor

Milnor, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Milnor comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Milnor?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Milnor to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hail.

Cold waves36%Hail20%Strong wind18%Inland flooding12%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Milnor faces

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

Cold waves

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Hail

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Milnor flood?

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

2paid claims since 1978

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $587

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sargent County.

Disasters that hit Milnor

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MilnorDeclared for Sargent County only

2011

Flooding

$9K to the City of Milnor for repairs

2010

Flooding

$16K to the City of Milnor for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $62K to the City of Milnor for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the City of Milnor for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

$38K to the City of Milnor for repairs

1999

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow, Ice, Ground Saturation, Lanslides, Mudslides, and Tor

$24K to the City of Milnor for repairs

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