Natural hazards · Battle Plain

Battle Plain, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Battle Plain comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Battle Plain?

52
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Battle Plain to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding36%Hail27%Tornadoes11%Drought9%Cold waves9%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Battle Plain faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

27% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Battle Plain flood?

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

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

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Battle PlainDeclared for Rock County only
2014

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

$31K to the Township of Battle Plain for repairs
Rock County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Battle Plain

Battle Plain and the towns around it

Leota: Low, mostly inland floodingDenver: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVienna: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKenneth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOsborne: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWilmont: Low, mostly inland floodingLismore: Low, mostly inland floodingMoulton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHardwick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRose Dell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMound: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMagnolia: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElmer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBurke: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBattle Plain: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Battle PlainLeotaDenverViennaKennethOsborne
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Battle Plainmostly inland floodingModerate
Denvermostly inland floodingModerate
Viennamostly inland floodingModerate
Kennethmostly inland floodingModerate
Osbornemostly inland floodingModerate
Leotamostly 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. Battle Plain 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 Battle Plain’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Battle Plain. 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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