Natural hazards · Regent

Regent, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Regent comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Regent?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Regent to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding30%Cold waves25%Hail19%Tornadoes8%Winter weather6%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Regent faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Hail

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Winter weather

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsHeat 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 Regent flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hettinger County.

Disasters that hit Regent

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RegentDeclared for Hettinger County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Hettinger County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Regent

Regent and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Regentmostly inland floodingVery low

Farinamostly inland floodingVery low

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