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Best Disaster Risk Counties in North Dakota

FEMA National Risk Index — flood, fire, tornado, and more Compare rankings across all 53 counties.

Average Disaster Risk Score
78/100
Top County
Slope County
Counties Ranked
53

Top 10

#1
Slope County
ND
99/100
#2
Billings County
ND
99/100
#3
Burke County
ND
99/100
#4
Renville County
ND
99/100
#5
Oliver County
ND
98/100
#6
Eddy County
ND
98/100
#7
Towner County
ND
98/100
#8
Bowman County
ND
98/100
#9
Kidder County
ND
97/100
#10
Pierce County
ND
97/100

All North Dakota Counties Ranked

#CountyDisaster Risk ScoreOverall Score
1Slope County, ND
99.4
77.4
2Billings County, ND
99.2
84.1
3Burke County, ND
99
72.5
4Renville County, ND
98.5
66.8
5Oliver County, ND
98.3
74.1
6Eddy County, ND
98.2
60.3
7Towner County, ND
98
60.4
8Bowman County, ND
97.9
64.9
9Kidder County, ND
96.9
69.8
10Pierce County, ND
96.8
63.9
11Adams County, ND
95.5
62.2
12Sheridan County, ND
95
62.1
13Griggs County, ND
94.9
70
14Divide County, ND
94.2
72.2
15Steele County, ND
93.4
75.8
16Foster County, ND
92.6
64.3
17Sargent County, ND
92.6
60.6
18Nelson County, ND
92.1
71.5
19Wells County, ND
91.4
68.2
20Hettinger County, ND
90.8
62.1
21Logan County, ND
90.1
67.4
22Dunn County, ND
89.2
61.5
23LaMoure County, ND
89.1
70.4
24Traill County, ND
89
64.5
25McHenry County, ND
88.3
69.3
26Cavalier County, ND
88.2
66
27Golden Valley County, ND
87
68.1
28Ransom County, ND
86.8
66.7
29Mercer County, ND
86.2
60.6
30Grant County, ND
85.2
66.7
31Dickey County, ND
84.2
62.6
32Ramsey County, ND
81.7
50.4
33Bottineau County, ND
81.4
61.3
34Pembina County, ND
79.1
69
35Mountrail County, ND
78.7
60.7
36Benson County, ND
75.8
63.2
37McKenzie County, ND
75
48.8
38Walsh County, ND
71
54.6
39McIntosh County, ND
64.8
60.7
40Richland County, ND
64.7
51.7
41Stark County, ND
62.7
46.8
42McLean County, ND
56.9
60.1
43Emmons County, ND
55.7
60.4
44Barnes County, ND
54.1
56.2
45Stutsman County, ND
53.6
48.3
46Morton County, ND
50.4
38.5
47Rolette County, ND
47.2
57.6
48Williams County, ND
46.4
42.7
49Grand Forks County, ND
42.3
40.5
50Sioux County, ND
37.9
68.4
51Ward County, ND
35.3
48.2
52Cass County, ND
17.6
38.9
53Burleigh County, ND
14.9
45.4

Data Source

Disaster Risk data from RiskByCounty. See full details at RiskByCounty. Data updated February 2026.