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Sherwood, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sherwood comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sherwood?

6
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sherwood to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves57%Inland flooding21%Winter weather5%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Sherwood faces

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

Cold waves

57% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Winter weather

5% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsHeat 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 Sherwood flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sherwood isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Renville County.
Disasters that hit Sherwood

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SherwoodDeclared for Renville County only
2011

Flooding

29 households applied for aid $102K aid approved $5K to the City of Sherwood for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

$4K to the City of Sherwood for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

$19K to the City of Sherwood for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding and Ground Saturation

$450 to the City of Sherwood for repairs
1999

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

$52K to the City of Sherwood for repairs
Renville County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Sherwood

Sherwood and the towns around it

Colquhoun: Very low, mostly cold wavesEden Valley: Very low, mostly cold wavesProsperity: Very low, mostly cold wavesHamerly: Very low, mostly cold wavesWheaton: Very low, mostly cold wavesHurley: Very low, mostly cold wavesSherwood: Very low, mostly cold waves SherwoodColquhounEden Valley
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Sherwoodmostly cold wavesVery low
Colquhounmostly cold wavesVery low
Eden Valleymostly cold wavesVery 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. Sherwood 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 Sherwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sherwood. 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.

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