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Natural hazards · Brandsvold

Brandsvold, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brandsvold comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Brandsvold?

32
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding35%Cold waves29%Drought17%Wildfire6%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Brandsvold faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% 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 Brandsvold flood?

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

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrandsvoldDeclared for Polk County only
2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$38K to the Township of Brandsvold for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$116K to the Township of Brandsvold for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Brandsvold for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Brandsvold for repairs
2006

Flooding

$2K to the Township of Brandsvold for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$22K to the Township of Brandsvold for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$9K to the Township of Brandsvold for repairs
1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Brandsvold for repairs
Polk County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Brandsvold

Brandsvold and the towns around it

Queen: Low, mostly inland floodingRosebud: Low, mostly inland floodingFosston: Low, mostly inland floodingKing: Low, mostly inland floodingHill River: Low, mostly inland floodingColumbia: Low, mostly inland floodingEddy: Low, mostly inland floodingEden: Low, mostly inland floodingHeier: Low, mostly inland floodingSletten: Low, mostly inland floodingGregory: Very low, mostly inland floodingLessor: Low, mostly inland floodingKnute: Low, mostly inland floodingChester: Low, mostly inland floodingBrandsvold: Low, mostly inland flooding BrandsvoldQueenRosebudFosstonKingHill River
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Kingmostly inland floodingLow
Brandsvoldmostly inland floodingLow
Queenmostly inland floodingLow
Rosebudmostly inland floodingLow
Fosstonmostly inland floodingLow
Hill Rivermostly 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. Brandsvold 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 Brandsvold’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Brandsvold. 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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