Natural hazards · Compton

Compton, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Compton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Compton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Compton to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves22%Tornadoes11%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Compton faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Compton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Otter Tail County.

Disasters that hit Compton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ComptonDeclared for Otter Tail County only

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Compton for repairs

Otter Tail County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Compton

Compton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Blufftonmostly inland floodingModerate

Comptonmostly inland floodingLow

Deer Creekmostly inland floodingLow

Oak Valleymostly inland floodingLow

Wadenamostly inland floodingVery low

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