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Artichoke, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Artichoke comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Artichoke?

27
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Artichoke to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves36%Inland flooding33%Hail11%Tornadoes8%Strong wind5%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Artichoke faces

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

Cold waves

36% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 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 Artichoke flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Artichoke isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Big Stone County.
Disasters that hit Artichoke

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArtichokeDeclared for Big Stone County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$22K to the Township of Artichoke for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$111K to the Township of Artichoke for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Township of Artichoke for repairs
2010

Flooding

$7K to the Township of Artichoke for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$22K to the Township of Artichoke for repairs
Big Stone County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Artichoke

Artichoke and the towns around it

Hegbert: Low, mostly inland floodingOtrey: Low, mostly cold wavesAkron: Low, mostly cold wavesStevens: Low, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Low, mostly inland floodingShible: Low, mostly inland floodingSynnes: Low, mostly inland floodingMalta: Low, mostly cold wavesOdessa: Low, mostly cold wavesBig Stone: Low, mostly cold wavesLake Shore: Low, mostly inland floodingAppleton: Low, mostly inland floodingBaker: Low, mostly inland floodingArtichoke: Low, mostly cold waves ArtichokeHegbertOtreyAkronStevens
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hegbertmostly inland floodingLow
Artichokemostly cold wavesLow
Otreymostly cold wavesLow
Akronmostly cold wavesLow
Stevensmostly 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. Artichoke 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 Artichoke’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Artichoke. 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.

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