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Natural hazards · Brislet

Brislet, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brislet comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Brislet?

88
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brislet to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding57%Cold waves24%Hail6%Drought5%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Brislet faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce 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 Brislet flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Brislet 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 Brislet

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrisletDeclared for Polk County only
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$13K to the Township of Brislet for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Township of Brislet for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Brislet for repairs
2006

Flooding

$9K to the Township of Brislet for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$3K to the Township of Brislet for repairs
1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$2K to the Township of Brislet for repairs
Polk County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Brislet

Brislet and the towns around it

Angus: Very high, mostly inland floodingMcCrea: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHelgeland: Very high, mostly inland floodingFarley: Very high, mostly inland floodingBrandt: Very high, mostly inland floodingTabor: Very high, mostly inland floodingWarren: Moderate, mostly inland floodingComstock: High, mostly inland floodingWarrenton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlma: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBoxville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNumedal: Very high, mostly inland floodingViking: High, mostly inland floodingSandsville: Very high, mostly inland floodingBrislet: Very high, mostly inland flooding BrisletAngusMcCreaHelgelandFarley
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Brisletmostly inland floodingVery high
Angusmostly inland floodingVery high
Helgelandmostly inland floodingVery high
Farleymostly inland floodingVery high
McCreamostly 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. Brislet 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 Brislet’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Brislet. 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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