Grant County, ND Environment & Hazard Risk

• HailRelatively Moderate$758K/yr expected annual loss, about 2.8 events a year
• Cold waveRelatively Moderate$2.3M/yr expected annual loss, about 13 events a year
• Winter weatherRelatively Moderate$115K/yr expected annual loss, about 20 events a year
• WildfireRelatively Low$93.9K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 1,613 years
• Ice stormRelatively Moderate$111K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 1 year
• Strong windRelatively Low$173K/yr expected annual loss, about 1.9 events a year
• DroughtVery Low$4,675/yr expected annual loss, about 21 events a year
• LightningVery Low$52.5K/yr expected annual loss, about 32 events a year
• TornadoVery Low$142K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 2 years
• LandslideVery Low$43/yr expected annual loss, about once every 3 years
• Heat waveVery Low$14.7K/yr expected annual loss, about 1.9 events a year
• EarthquakeVery Low$2,866/yr expected annual loss, about once every 9,346 years

Bars show the national percentile score (0 to 100) for each hazard. Dollar figures are expected annual losses to buildings, people and crops. Not rated here: avalanche, coastal flooding, hurricane, riverine flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity.

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Homes with flood insurance

3 of 1,512 (0.2%)

Homes in high-risk flood zones

0

Flood claims since 1978

13

Claims paid since 1978

$51K

• Hail155
• Thunderstorm Wind69
• High Wind65
• Blizzard34
• Heavy Snow33
• Winter Storm23
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill16
• Drought14
• Winter Weather8
• Cold/Wind Chill8

• Winter Storm04/02/2010

  Grant

  $11M damage

  What happened

  Six to ten inches of heavy wet snow and sleet fell across Grant County. The combination of strong winds and the wet snow resulted in widespread damages to electrical utilities, causing massive power outages across the county. In some areas it took anywhere from several days to several weeks to restore power. Preliminary damage assessments estimated there was around eleven million dollars in damage from this storm for Grant County.

• Heavy Snow10/04/2013

  Grant

  $4.4M damage

  What happened

  Storm total snowfall of six to ten inches was reported across Grant County.

• Hail3.25" hail07/05/2014

  Elgin, Grant County

  3 injured, $950K damage

  What happened

  There were numerous reports of golf ball to over baseball size hail across the Lake Tschida and Heart Butte Dam area resulting in significant damage to vehicles, campers, and trailer homes in the recreational area. In addition three people received non-life threatening head injuries from the hail. They were treated at the scene.

• Blizzard01/09/1997

  Grant

  2 injured, $1.5M damage

  What happened

  The second blizzard in less than 1 week brought North Dakota to a virtual standstill. This blizzard didn't bring as much snow as the first storm, but the winds gusted from the northwest as high at 40 mph and they lasted for 3 days. Snowfall amounts from this storm varied from 1-2 inches in the southwest to 2-4 inches in the central. But the strong winds combined with this snow as well as the snow from the blizzard a few days earlier created widespread whiteout conditions that lasted for 3 days. There were numerous communities that halted mail delivery and cancelled school. In Emmons Co. every road was blocked by drifts, some as high as 18 feet. In McLean Co. there was a drift at the intersection of highways 83 and 37 that was 12 feet high and 150 yards long. It took snow plow operators working from both directions 10 hours to open. The Standing Rock Indian Reservation had severe hardship with snow drifts taller than buses blocking all the entrance roads. Most of the people on the reservation ran out of propane to heat their homes, and food shortages were widespread. Again, almost every major road in North Dakota was closed and plows pulled off. In Foster Co., the county road...

• Hail4.25" hail07/14/2010

  Elgin, Grant County

  $2.8M damage

  What happened

  This was the second wave of very large hail to hit Elgin during this episode. Homes throughout the city experienced broken windows, damaged siding, and damaged shingles. Vehicles sustained heavy damaged as well.

• Blizzard04/05/1997

  Grant

  1 injured, $1.3M damage

  What happened

  Carson received 20 inches of snow

• Elgin City ofServes 642 · Purchased surface water · Local governmentNo health violations+1 monitoring or reporting
• Carson City ofServes 293 · Purchased surface water · Local governmentNo health violations+2 monitoring or reporting
• New Leipzig City ofServes 221 · Purchased surface water · Local governmentNo health violations+2 monitoring or reporting