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Blooming Prairie, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blooming Prairie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Blooming Prairie?

32
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blooming Prairie to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding38%Tornadoes22%Strong wind12%Cold waves10%Hail8%Drought8%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Blooming Prairie faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Blooming Prairie flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Blooming Prairie itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Blooming Prairie.

Brought FEMA money into Blooming PrairieDeclared for Steele County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $21K to the City of Blooming Prairie for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$2K to the City of Blooming Prairie for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

184 households applied for aid $472K aid approved $15K to the City of Blooming Prairie for repairs
Steele County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Blooming Prairie

Blooming Prairie and the towns around it

Blooming Prairie: Low, mostly inland floodingWestfield: High, mostly inland floodingSummit: Low, mostly inland floodingAurora: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRipley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHayfield: High, mostly inland floodingBlooming Prairie: Low, mostly inland flooding Blooming PrairieBlooming PrairieWestfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Westfieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Blooming Prairiemostly inland floodingLow
Blooming Prairiemostly 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. Blooming Prairie 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 Blooming Prairie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Blooming Prairie. 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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