Floods in North Dakota

Property owners in North Dakota have filed 13,067 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $258 million paid.

  • 13,067flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $258Mpaid on those claims
  • 1997most claims in one year, 4,672
  • 27thamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in North Dakota per year 1978: 436 1979: 1,590 1980: 16 1981: 42 1982: 95 1983: 30 1984: 10 1985: 5 1986: 8 1987: 73 1988: 2 1989: 225 1990: 4 1991: 48 1992: 3 1993: 208 1994: 10 1995: 88 1996: 310 1997: 4,672 4,672 1998: 145 1999: 222 2000: 131 2001: 349 2002: 32 2003: 8 2004: 82 2005: 22 2006: 88 2007: 7 2008: 3 2009: 1,300 2010: 380 2011: 1,915 2012: 56 2013: 167 2014: 44 2015: 10 2016: 7 2017: 4 2018: 9 2019: 119 2020: 34 2021: 4 2022: 31 2023: 13 2024: 4 2025: 6 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Jun 19, 2000Flash FloodCass, Ransom, Richland0$106 million

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

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