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Camp Release, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Camp Release comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Camp Release?

69
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Camp Release to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding49%Cold waves23%Heat waves8%Tornadoes7%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Camp Release faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years 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 Camp Release flood?

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Camp ReleaseDeclared for Lac qui Parle County only
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$41K to the Township of Camp Release for repairs
2010

Flooding

$69K to the Township of Camp Release for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$22K to the Township of Camp Release for repairs
Lac qui Parle County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Camp Release

Camp Release and the towns around it

Sparta: High, mostly inland floodingTunsberg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLisbon: High, mostly inland floodingBaxter: High, mostly inland floodingStony Run: High, mostly inland floodingLac qui Parle: High, mostly inland floodingMontevideo: High, mostly inland floodingGranite Falls: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRosewood: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLeenthrop: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKragero: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBig Bend: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTen Mile Lake: High, mostly inland floodingFriendship: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRiverside: High, mostly inland floodingGranite Falls: High, mostly inland floodingHazel Run: High, mostly inland floodingMinnesota Falls: High, mostly inland floodingHantho: Low, mostly inland floodingCerro Gordo: Low, mostly inland floodingCamp Release: High, mostly inland flooding Camp ReleaseSpartaTunsbergLisbonBaxterStony RunLac qui Parle
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Camp Releasemostly inland floodingHigh
Baxtermostly inland floodingHigh
Lac qui Parlemostly inland floodingHigh
Lisbonmostly inland floodingHigh
Stony Runmostly inland floodingHigh
Spartamostly inland floodingHigh
Tunsbergmostly 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. Camp Release 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 Camp Release’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Camp Release. 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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