Natural hazards · Comstock

Comstock, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Comstock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Comstock?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Comstock to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding33%Cold waves25%Wildfire16%Drought12%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Comstock faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Wildfire

16% of expected damage

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

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Comstock flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marshall County.

Disasters that hit Comstock

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ComstockDeclared for Marshall County only

2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$17K to the Township of Comstock for repairs

2010

Flooding

$12K to the Township of Comstock for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the Township of Comstock for repairs

2006

Flooding

$23K to the Township of Comstock for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$14K to the Township of Comstock for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$3K to the Township of Comstock for repairs

1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$29K to the Township of Comstock for repairs

Marshall County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Comstock

Comstock and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Helgelandmostly inland floodingVery high

Comstockmostly inland floodingHigh

Foldahlmostly inland floodingHigh

Vikingmostly inland floodingHigh

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