Natural hazards · Comfrey

Comfrey, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Comfrey comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Comfrey?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Comfrey to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding38%Cold waves37%Tornadoes8%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Comfrey faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Comfrey flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Comfrey

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Brown County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Comfrey itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into ComfreyDeclared for Brown County only

Brown County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Comfrey

Comfrey and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Comfreymostly inland floodingModerate

Bashawmostly inland floodingModerate

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