Natural hazards · Acoma

Acoma, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Acoma comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Acoma?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Acoma to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding39%Cold waves22%Tornadoes16%Strong wind10%Hail7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Acoma faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Acoma flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Acoma.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Acoma isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: McLeod County.

Disasters that hit Acoma

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Acoma itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Acoma.

Brought FEMA money into AcomaDeclared for McLeod County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$82K to the Township of Acoma for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Acoma for repairs

McLeod County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Acoma

Acoma and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ellsworthmostly inland floodingModerate

Cedar Millsmostly inland floodingModerate

Acomamostly inland floodingLow

Hutchinsonmostly inland floodingLow

Lynnmostly inland floodingLow

Hutchinsonmostly inland floodingLow

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Acoma covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Acoma’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Acoma. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Acoma total about $1.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.