Natural hazards · Burnstown

Burnstown, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burnstown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burnstown?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burnstown to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding38%Cold waves37%Tornadoes8%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Burnstown faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Burnstown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

Disasters that hit Burnstown

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurnstownDeclared for Brown County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$39K to the Township of Burnstown for repairs

Brown County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Burnstown

Burnstown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Burnstownmostly inland floodingModerate

Springfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

North Starmostly inland floodingModerate

Bashawmostly inland floodingModerate

Leavenworthmostly cold wavesLow

Brookvillemostly 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. Burnstown 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 Burnstown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Burnstown. 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.