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Natural hazards · Barto

Barto, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barto comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Barto?

74
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding56%Cold waves13%Drought12%Wildfire12%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Barto faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage
Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Barto flood?

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

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BartoDeclared for Roseau County only
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$10K to the Township of Barto for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the Township of Barto for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$77K to the Township of Barto for repairs
2006

Flooding

$5K to the Township of Barto for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$12K to the Township of Barto for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$5K to the Township of Barto for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Barto for repairs
1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$16K to the Township of Barto for repairs
Roseau County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Barto

Barto and the towns around it

Skagen: High, mostly inland floodingSoler: High, mostly inland floodingPolonia: High, mostly inland floodingHereim: High, mostly inland floodingBadger: High, mostly inland floodingStokes: High, mostly inland floodingMoose: High, mostly inland floodingBarnett: High, mostly inland floodingDewey: High, mostly inland floodingGreenbush: High, mostly inland floodingDeer: High, mostly inland floodingBarto: High, mostly inland flooding BartoSkagenSolerPoloniaHereim
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bartomostly inland floodingHigh
Skagenmostly inland floodingHigh
Solermostly inland floodingHigh
Poloniamostly inland floodingHigh
Hereimmostly 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. Barto 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 Barto’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Barto. 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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