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Counties With the Lowest Flood Risk in North Dakota (2026)

Slope has the lowest flood risk of any county in North Dakota, at 12.2, followed by Bowman and Benson (data vintage 2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FEMA National Risk Index

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Lowest counties for flood risk in North Dakota

Top 25 of 53 counties with data.

Ranked by flood risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for flood risk in North Dakota
RankCountyValue
1Slope12.2
2Bowman15.1
3Benson17.6
4Towner18.0
5Pierce19.9
6Sargent24.5
7Stark25.0
8Dickey25.4
9Griggs26.0
10Wells29.3
11Renville32.1
12Eddy33.0
13Adams34.1
14Burke34.1
15Ward35.9
16McKenzie37.0
17LaMoure37.1
18Grand Forks39.2
19Traill40.8
20Bottineau41.3
21Cavalier42.2
22Ramsey43.4
23Stutsman44.3
24Steele44.9
25Golden Valley47.2

How this ranking works

This page ranks North Dakota counties by flood risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For flood risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh flood risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of flood risk.

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