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Natural hazards · Cannon Falls

Cannon Falls, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cannon Falls comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1986. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Cannon Falls?

78
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cannon Falls to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes15%Strong wind8%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Cannon Falls faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Strong wind

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Cannon Falls flood?

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

12paid claims since 1986
$339Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19862026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Cannon Falls isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Goodhue County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Cannon Falls

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Cannon FallsDeclared for Goodhue County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $19K to the City of Cannon Falls for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$7K to the City of Cannon Falls for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$39K to the City of Cannon Falls for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$139K to the City of Cannon Falls for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the City of Cannon Falls for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$68K to the City of Cannon Falls for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$37K to the City of Cannon Falls for repairs
Goodhue County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Cannon Falls

Cannon Falls and the towns around it

Cannon Falls: High, mostly inland floodingStanton: High, mostly inland floodingRandolph: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDouglas: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHampton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVasa: High, mostly inland floodingLeon: High, mostly inland floodingSciota: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWarsaw: High, mostly inland floodingWelch: High, mostly inland floodingMarshan: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVermillion: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCastle Rock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCannon Falls: High, mostly inland flooding Cannon FallsCannon FallsStantonRandolphDouglasHampton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cannon Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh
Cannon Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh
Stantonmostly inland floodingHigh
Randolphmostly inland floodingModerate
Douglasmostly inland floodingModerate
Hamptonmostly 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. Cannon Falls covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cannon Falls’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Cannon Falls. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Cannon Falls total about $3.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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