Natural hazards · Carson

Carson, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carson comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low 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 Carson?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carson to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves30%Inland flooding29%Tornadoes12%Hail8%Strong wind7%Drought5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Carson faces

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

Cold waves

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Carson flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cottonwood County.

Disasters that hit Carson

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CarsonDeclared for Cottonwood County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Carson for repairs

2018

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

$3K to the Township of Carson for repairs

2010

Flooding

$8K to the Township of Carson for repairs

Cottonwood County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Carson

Carson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Dalemostly inland floodingHigh

Lakesidemostly inland floodingModerate

Carsonmostly cold wavesLow

Deltonmostly cold wavesLow

Midwaymostly cold wavesLow

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