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Natural hazards · Brownsdale

Brownsdale, MN natural hazards

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

65
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brownsdale to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes14%Drought12%Hail6%Cold waves5%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Brownsdale 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 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage
Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Brownsdale flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrownsdaleDeclared for Mower County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $29K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the City of Brownsdale for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the City of Brownsdale for repairs
Mower County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
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. Brownsdale 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 Brownsdale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brownsdale. 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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