Natural hazards · Brooklyn Park

Brooklyn Park, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brooklyn Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1997. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brooklyn Park?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brooklyn Park to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves22%Tornadoes13%Heat waves8%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Brooklyn Park faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% 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 Park flood?

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

10paid claims since 1997

$169Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 2 claims, $18K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Brooklyn Park 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 Park

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Brooklyn ParkDeclared for Hennepin County only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$80K to the City of Brooklyn Park for repairs

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

Around Brooklyn Park

Brooklyn Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brooklyn Centermostly inland floodingHigh

Champlinmostly inland floodingHigh

Brooklyn Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Coon Rapidsmostly inland floodingModerate

New Hopemostly inland floodingModerate

Fridleymostly inland floodingModerate

Osseomostly inland floodingLow

Maple Grovemostly 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 Park covers 16 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brooklyn Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brooklyn Park. 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 Park total about $31.7M 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.