Natural hazards · Augsburg

Augsburg, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Augsburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Augsburg?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Augsburg to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves22%Hail5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Augsburg faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce 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 Augsburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marshall County.

Disasters that hit Augsburg

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AugsburgDeclared for Marshall County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Township of Augsburg for repairs

2010

Flooding

$11K to the Township of Augsburg for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Augsburg for repairs

2006

Flooding

$18K to the Township of Augsburg for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$1K to the Township of Augsburg for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$2K to the Township of Augsburg for repairs

Marshall County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Augsburg

Augsburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Spring Brookmostly inland floodingHigh

Augsburgmostly inland floodingHigh

Wangermostly inland floodingHigh

Sinnottmostly inland floodingHigh

Nelson Parkmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Augsburg 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 Augsburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Augsburg. 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.