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Brownton, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brownton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Brownton?

35
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brownton to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding40%Cold waves20%Tornadoes15%Strong wind10%Hail8%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Brownton faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Brownton flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrowntonDeclared for McLeod County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the City of Brownton for repairs
2014

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$7K to the City of Brownton for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$90K to the City of Brownton for repairs
2010

Flooding

$44K to the City of Brownton for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$5K to the City of Brownton for repairs
McLeod County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
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. Brownton 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 Brownton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brownton. 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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