Natural hazards · Corcoran

Corcoran, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corcoran comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corcoran?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corcoran to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding43%Cold waves22%Tornadoes14%Hail9%Heat waves8%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Corcoran faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 40 years in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Corcoran flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hennepin County.

Disasters that hit Corcoran

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorcoranDeclared for Hennepin County only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$78K to the City of Corcoran for repairs

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

Around Corcoran

Corcoran and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hanovermostly inland floodingModerate

Greenfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Maple Grovemostly inland floodingLow

Rogersmostly inland floodingLow

Corcoranmostly inland floodingLow

Medinamostly 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. Corcoran covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Corcoran’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Corcoran. 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 Corcoran total about $2.3M 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.