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Natural hazards · Cashel

Cashel, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cashel 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 Cashel?

65
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cashel to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves13%Hail7%Strong wind5%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Cashel faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Cashel flood?

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CashelDeclared for Swift County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Township of Cashel for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Cashel for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$3K to the Township of Cashel for repairs
Swift County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Cashel

Cashel and the towns around it

Grace: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDublin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSwenoda: High, mostly inland floodingTorning: High, mostly inland floodingLouriston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMandt: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHavelock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPillsbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKildare: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Bank: High, mostly inland floodingBenson: High, mostly inland floodingSix Mile Grove: High, mostly inland floodingBenson: High, mostly inland floodingCashel: High, mostly inland flooding CashelGraceDublinSwenodaTorning
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cashelmostly inland floodingHigh
Swenodamostly inland floodingHigh
Torningmostly inland floodingHigh
Gracemostly inland floodingModerate
Dublinmostly 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. Cashel 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 Cashel’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Cashel. 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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