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Souris, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Souris 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 Souris?

6
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Cold waves38%Inland flooding21%Wildfire16%Winter weather7%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Souris faces

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

Cold waves

38% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Winter weather

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsHeat 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 Souris flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SourisDeclared for Bottineau County only
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

$9K to the City of Souris for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

$13K to the City of Souris for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$2K to the City of Souris for repairs
1999

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

$44K to the City of Souris for repairs
Bottineau County has had 25 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. Souris 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 Souris’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Souris. 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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