Natural hazards · Rolette

Rolette, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rolette comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very 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 Rolette?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rolette to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and wildfires.

Cold waves35%Wildfire33%Inland flooding14%Ice storms6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Rolette faces

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

Cold waves

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Wildfire

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Rolette flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rolette County.

Disasters that hit Rolette

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RoletteDeclared for Rolette County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $783 aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

$873 to the City of Rolette for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$836 to the City of Rolette for repairs

1999

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

$33K to the City of Rolette for repairs

Rolette County has had 23 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. Rolette 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 Rolette’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rolette. 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.