Natural hazards · Sperry/Goodrich

Sperry/Goodrich, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sperry/Goodrich comes from hail, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sperry/Goodrich?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sperry/Goodrich to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and cold waves.

Hail26%Cold waves24%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes10%Ice storms7%Winter weather6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Sperry/Goodrich faces

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

Hail

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Winter weather

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

Heat 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 Sperry/Goodrich flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Sperry/Goodrich.

Disasters that hit Sperry/Goodrich

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Sheridan County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Sperry/Goodrich itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Sperry/GoodrichDeclared for Sheridan County only

Sheridan County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Sperry/Goodrich

Sperry/Goodrich and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bull Moosemostly cold wavesLow

Sperry/Goodrichmostly hailVery low

Mauchmostly hailVery low

Denhoffmostly hailVery low

Boonemostly hailVery 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. Sperry/Goodrich 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 Sperry/Goodrich’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sperry/Goodrich. 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.