Natural hazards · New Rockford

New Rockford, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Rockford comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Rockford?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Rockford to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves40%Inland flooding16%Ice storms11%Hail10%Tornadoes7%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What New Rockford faces

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

Cold waves

40% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 New Rockford flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Eddy County.

Disasters that hit New Rockford

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New RockfordDeclared for Eddy County only

2011

Flooding

$11K to the City of New Rockford for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

76 households applied for aid $69K aid approved $29K to the City of New Rockford for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$82K to the City of New Rockford for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Flooding and Ground Saturation

$324K to the City of New Rockford for repairs

Eddy County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around New Rockford

New Rockford and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Rockfordmostly cold wavesLow

Superiormostly cold wavesLow

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