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Ashland, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ashland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Ashland?

37
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ashland to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes20%Cold waves13%Strong wind9%Hail7%Drought6%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Ashland faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% 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 5 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Ashland flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AshlandDeclared for Dodge County only
2014

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$17K to the Township of Ashland for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Ashland for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Township of Ashland for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$16K to the Township of Ashland for repairs
Dodge County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Ashland

Ashland and the towns around it

Dodge Center: Low, mostly inland floodingWasioja: Low, mostly inland floodingHayfield: High, mostly inland floodingCanisteo: High, mostly inland floodingRipley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingClaremont: Moderate, mostly inland floodingConcord: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMantorville: High, mostly inland floodingVernon: High, mostly inland floodingWestfield: High, mostly inland floodingWaltham: High, mostly inland floodingKasson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSalem: Low, mostly inland floodingAurora: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAshland: Low, mostly inland flooding AshlandDodge CenterWasiojaHayfieldCanisteoRipley
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hayfieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Canisteomostly inland floodingHigh
Ripleymostly inland floodingModerate
Ashlandmostly inland floodingLow
Dodge Centermostly inland floodingLow
Wasiojamostly 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. Ashland 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 Ashland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Ashland. 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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