Natural hazards · Clara

Clara, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clara comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1997. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clara?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clara to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves15%Tornadoes8%Heat waves7%Strong wind5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Clara faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Clara flood?

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

2paid claims since 1997

$23Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 1 claim, $11K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chippewa County.

Disasters that hit Clara

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClaraDeclared for Chippewa County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$44K to the City of Clara for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$36K to the City of Clara for repairs

2010

Flooding

$19K to the City of Clara for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$11K to the City of Clara for repairs

Chippewa County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Clara

Clara and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clara Citymostly inland floodingHigh

Stonehammostly inland floodingHigh

Rheiderlandmostly inland floodingHigh

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