Natural hazards · Wing

Wing, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wing comes from inland flooding, 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 Wing?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wing to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding36%Hail26%Cold waves23%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Wing faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Wing flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burleigh County.

Disasters that hit Wing

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WingDeclared for Burleigh County only

2011

Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

1999

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

$5K to the City of Wing for repairs

Burleigh County has had 19 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. Wing 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 Wing’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wing. 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.