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Natural hazards · Bygland

Bygland, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bygland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bygland?

84
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bygland to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves25%Drought8%Hail5%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Bygland faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce 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 Bygland flood?

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

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ByglandDeclared for Polk County only
2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$25K to the Township of Bygland for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$170K to the Township of Bygland for repairs
2010

Flooding

$850 to the Township of Bygland for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Township of Bygland for repairs
2006

Flooding

$4K to the Township of Bygland for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$18K to the Township of Bygland for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$24K to the Township of Bygland for repairs
1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$13K to the Township of Bygland for repairs
Polk County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Bygland

Bygland and the towns around it

Walle: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHuntsville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFisher: Very high, mostly inland floodingTynsid: Very high, mostly inland floodingGrand Forks: Moderate, mostly inland floodingThompson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAllendale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAmericus: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Grand Forks: Low, mostly inland floodingNesbit: Very high, mostly inland floodingSullivan: Very high, mostly inland floodingRhinehart: Very high, mostly inland floodingLowell: Very high, mostly inland floodingRoome: Very high, mostly inland floodingBentru: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVineland: Very high, mostly inland floodingGrand Forks: Low, mostly inland floodingBrenna: Low, mostly inland floodingBygland: Very high, mostly inland flooding ByglandWalleHuntsvilleFisherTynsidGrand Forks
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Byglandmostly inland floodingVery high
Fishermostly inland floodingVery high
Tynsidmostly inland floodingVery high
Wallemostly inland floodingModerate
Grand Forksmostly inland floodingModerate
Huntsvillemostly inland floodingModerate
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. Bygland 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 Bygland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Bygland. 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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