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Atlanta, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Atlanta comes from inland flooding, 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 Atlanta?

34
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Atlanta to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes13%Cold waves7%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Atlanta faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 17 times a year 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 Atlanta flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AtlantaDeclared for Becker County only
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Township of Atlanta for repairs
2006

Flooding

$13K to the Township of Atlanta for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$21K to the Township of Atlanta for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$51K to the Township of Atlanta for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Atlanta for repairs
Becker County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Atlanta

Atlanta and the towns around it

Riceville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGoose Prairie: High, mostly inland floodingWalworth: Low, mostly inland floodingCuba: Low, mostly inland floodingSpring Creek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCallaway: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHamden: Very low, mostly inland floodingHitterdal: High, mostly inland floodingKeene: High, mostly inland floodingUlen: High, mostly inland floodingFlom: Moderate, mostly cold wavesPopple Grove: Very low, mostly inland floodingHome Lake: Moderate, mostly cold wavesLake Park: Low, mostly inland floodingHighland Grove: High, mostly inland floodingEglon: Very high, mostly inland floodingAtlanta: Low, mostly inland flooding AtlantaRicevilleGoose PrairieWalworthCuba
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Goose Prairiemostly inland floodingHigh
Ricevillemostly inland floodingModerate
Atlantamostly inland floodingLow
Walworthmostly inland floodingLow
Cubamostly 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. Atlanta 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 Atlanta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Atlanta. 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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