Natural hazards · Canby

Canby, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Canby comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1994. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Canby?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canby to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding32%Heat waves29%Cold waves15%Strong wind7%Tornadoes7%Hail6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Canby faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Canby flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Canby, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 1994

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Yellow Medicine County.

Disasters that hit Canby

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CanbyDeclared for Yellow Medicine County only

2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$41K to the City of Canby for repairs

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$22K to the City of Canby for repairs

2010

Flooding

$2K to the City of Canby for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storm

$24K to the City of Canby for repairs

Yellow Medicine County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Canby

Canby and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Canbymostly inland floodingModerate

Normanmostly inland floodingModerate

Hammermostly 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. Canby 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 Canby’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Canby. 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.