33 flood insurance claims·$123,517 paid·14 federal flood & hurricane disasters
Share of the whole county outline, rivers and lakes included; parts FEMA hasn’t mapped count as zero.
Shaded areas are FEMA’s mapped flood hazard zones in and around Renville County, North Dakota. Zoomed out they are simplified; at street level the map switches to FEMA’s exact layer. Tap anywhere to check that spot, or search an address above.
In flood insurance claims here that reported a flood depth, the average was 2 inches.
Drawn to scale against an 80-inch door. Even a few inches soaks flooring, the bottom of the drywall and anything plugged in near the floor.
Average of the depths reported on claims (zero and implausible values left out); FEMA’s record doesn’t say exactly where each depth was measured. Source: OpenFEMA NFIP claims.
The worst year was 1979, with 28 claims and $31,273 paid, the year of Severe Storms, Snowmelt & Flooding.
Bar height is scaled by square root so ordinary years stay visible next to the worst one. NFIP claims by year of loss. Source: OpenFEMA.
5 NOAA storm reports from Renville County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the North Dakota flood stories →
25 federal disaster declarations since 1969, 14 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm And Flooding | Apr 22, 2022 |
| Flooding | Mar 23, 2017 |
| Severe Storms And Flooding | Jun 25, 2014 |
| Flooding | Apr 22, 2013 |
| Severe Winter Storm | Apr 29, 2011 |
| Flooding | Feb 14, 2011 |
| Flooding | Feb 26, 2010 |
| Severe Winter Storm | Jan 20, 2010 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
11 since 1996: 7 flash floods and 4 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flood | Jun 28, 2014 | $96,000 |
| Flash Flood | Jun 25, 2011 | $10,000 |
| Flash Flood | Jun 22, 2011 | $1.0M |
| Flood | May 1, 2011 | $5.0M |
| Flood | Jun 1, 2011 | — |
| Flood | Jul 1, 2011 | — |
| Flash Flood | May 29, 2010 | $75,000 |
| Flash Flood | May 27, 2010 | $25,000 |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flood · Jun 28, 2014. Very heavy rain continued over several days at the end of June. Three to five inches of rain fell from Minot through Sherwood, and from Crosby through Lignite to Stanley. The highest rain amount was seven inches from Renville County. Another high amount was 4.50 inches from Ward County. Damage was extensive. The state of North Dakota requested and was granted a Federal Disaster Declaration as a result of damages f…
Flash Flood · Jun 25, 2011. A surface cold front advecting from west to east, coupled with a mid level jet streak, combined with abundant moisture and instability to result in widespread thunderstorm activity during the afternoon and evening hours of June 25th. Numerous reports of large hail and several reports of severe thunderstorm wind gusts were received. ||The overall tornado threat was low due to insufficient deep layer shear, althoug…
Flash Flood · Jun 22, 2011. Runoff from very heavy rain resulted in a rapid four foot rise along the Souris River near Sherwood. A mandatory evacuation was ordered for Mouse River Park located in McKinney Township. One hundred homes, 150 camping sites, and several businesses and buildings were impacted.||Also along the Souris River, levee overtopping and failure occurred resulting in flash flooding in Renville and Ward counties.
Flood · May 1, 2011. This was part of historic flooding in North Dakota with statewide costs estimated around 1.5 billion dollars. Flooding was the result of significant winter snows and significant spring rains, not only in North Dakota but in Saskatchewan, Canada, as well. Flooding was along the Souris (Mouse) River from where it enters the United States from Saskatchewan, Canada, to where it crosses into Manitoba, Canada. Dams were…
National Weather Service narratives, lightly trimmed. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Every colour on the map above is a place on this drawing: where the ground sits relative to the flood FEMA plans for.
If a building in Renville County is in a high-risk zone (A or V) and its mortgage comes from a federally regulated or insured lender, or is federally backed, flood insurance is required.
Outside those zones it is optional, and often worth having: from 2014 to 2024 nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. Since Risk Rating 2.0, NFIP premiums are set for each building, so the only reliable price is a quote: FloodSmart.gov or a local agent.