Natural hazards · Brooklyn Center

Brooklyn Center, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brooklyn Center comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1990. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brooklyn Center?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brooklyn Center to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves20%Tornadoes11%Heat waves8%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Brooklyn Center faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Brooklyn Center flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Brooklyn Center, from FEMA’s records.

4paid claims since 1990

$12Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Brooklyn Center isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Hennepin County.

Disasters that hit Brooklyn Center

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Brooklyn CenterDeclared for Hennepin County only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$43K to the City of Brooklyn Center for repairs

Hennepin County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Brooklyn Center

Brooklyn Center and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brooklyn Centermostly inland floodingHigh

Robbinsdalemostly inland floodingHigh

Brooklyn Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Crystalmostly inland floodingModerate

Fridleymostly inland floodingModerate

Minneapolismostly 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. Brooklyn Center covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brooklyn Center’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brooklyn Center. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Brooklyn Center total about $13.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.