Natural hazards · Tappen

Tappen, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tappen comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tappen?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tappen to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves41%Inland flooding20%Hail13%Strong wind10%Tornadoes7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Tappen faces

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

Cold waves

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hail

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Tappen flood?

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

Disasters that hit Tappen

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TappenDeclared for Kidder County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $31K to the City of Tappen for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$6K to the City of Tappen for repairs

1999

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

$12K to the City of Tappen for repairs

Kidder County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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