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Natural hazards · Brookfield

Brookfield, MN natural hazards

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

23
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brookfield to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding33%Cold waves20%Tornadoes13%Strong wind13%Hail7%Drought5%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Brookfield faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage
Recorded about 9 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 Brookfield flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrookfieldDeclared for Renville County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Brookfield for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Brookfield for repairs
2010

Flooding

$4K to the Township of Brookfield for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$1K to the Township of Brookfield for repairs
Renville County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Brookfield

Brookfield and the towns around it

Osceola: Low, mostly inland floodingHector: Low, mostly inland floodingBoon Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingKingman: Low, mostly inland floodingMelville: Low, mostly inland floodingMartinsburg: Low, mostly inland floodingPreston Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingCedar Mills: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLynn: Low, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: Low, mostly inland flooding BrookfieldOsceolaHectorBoon Lake
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Brookfieldmostly inland floodingLow
Hectormostly inland floodingLow
Boon Lakemostly inland floodingLow
Osceolamostly 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. Brookfield 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 Brookfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Brookfield. 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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