Natural hazards · Bashaw

Bashaw, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bashaw comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bashaw?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bashaw to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding37%Cold waves31%Tornadoes10%Strong wind7%Drought7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Bashaw faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Bashaw flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

Disasters that hit Bashaw

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BashawDeclared for Brown County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Bashaw for repairs

2010

Flooding

$4K to the Township of Bashaw for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$3K to the Township of Bashaw for repairs

Brown County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Bashaw

Bashaw and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bashawmostly inland floodingModerate

Comfreymostly inland floodingModerate

Mulliganmostly inland floodingModerate

Statelymostly inland floodingModerate

Burnstownmostly inland floodingModerate

Leavenworthmostly cold wavesLow

Selmamostly cold wavesLow

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