Natural hazards · Arthur

Arthur, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arthur comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arthur?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arthur to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves23%Tornadoes10%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Arthur faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Arthur flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kanabec County.

Disasters that hit Arthur

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArthurDeclared for Kanabec County only

2018

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$40K to the Township of Arthur for repairs

Kanabec County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Arthur

Arthur and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Arthurmostly inland floodingHigh

Brunswickmostly inland floodingHigh

Comfortmostly inland floodingHigh

Knife Lakemostly inland floodingModerate

Kanabecmostly inland floodingModerate

Moramostly inland floodingModerate

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. Arthur is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

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

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.