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Natural hazards · Cherry Grove

Cherry Grove, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cherry Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Cherry Grove?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cherry Grove to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes20%Strong wind13%Hail10%Cold waves7%Drought6%Everything else3%
By hazard

What Cherry Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 5 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 Cherry Grove flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Cherry Grove 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.
Disasters that hit Cherry Grove

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Cherry GroveDeclared for Goodhue County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Cherry Grove for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$13K to the Township of Cherry Grove for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Cherry Grove for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Cherry Grove for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the Township of Cherry Grove for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$25K to the Township of Cherry Grove for repairs
Goodhue County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Cherry Grove

Cherry Grove and the towns around it

Wanamingo: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRoscoe: High, mostly inland floodingKenyon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHolden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMinneola: High, mostly inland floodingWanamingo: High, mostly inland floodingLeon: High, mostly inland floodingZumbrota: High, mostly inland floodingPine Island: High, mostly inland floodingMilton: High, mostly inland floodingNew Haven: Low, mostly inland floodingKenyon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRichland: High, mostly inland floodingCherry Grove: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Cherry GroveWanamingoRoscoeKenyon
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Roscoemostly inland floodingHigh
Cherry Grovemostly inland floodingModerate
Wanamingomostly inland floodingModerate
Kenyonmostly 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. Cherry Grove covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cherry Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Cherry Grove. 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 Cherry Grove total about $1.7M 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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