Natural hazards · Crookston

Crookston, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crookston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Crookston?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Crookston to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding29%Cold waves27%Wildfire13%Drought10%Tornadoes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Crookston faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 52 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Crookston flood?

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

Disasters that hit Crookston

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CrookstonDeclared for Cherry County only

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$891 to the Village of Crookston for repairs

Cherry County has had 9 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. Crookston 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 Crookston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Crookston. 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.