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Natural hazards · Big Bend

Big Bend, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Big Bend comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Big Bend?

48
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Big Bend to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves15%Hail10%Tornadoes7%Drought7%Heat waves7%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Big Bend faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Big Bend flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Big BendDeclared for Chippewa County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Big Bend for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Big Bend for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Big Bend for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$4K to the Township of Big Bend for repairs
Chippewa County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Big Bend

Big Bend and the towns around it

Tunsberg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Bank: High, mostly inland floodingMandt: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKragero: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCamp Release: High, mostly inland floodingRosewood: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSparta: High, mostly inland floodingSwenoda: High, mostly inland floodingEdison: Low, mostly inland floodingGrace: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLac qui Parle: High, mostly inland floodingHantho: Low, mostly inland floodingBig Bend: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Big BendTunsbergWest BankMandtKragero
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
West Bankmostly inland floodingHigh
Big Bendmostly inland floodingModerate
Tunsbergmostly inland floodingModerate
Mandtmostly inland floodingModerate
Krageromostly inland floodingModerate
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. Big Bend 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 Big Bend’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Big Bend. 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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