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Natural hazards · Cordova

Cordova, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cordova comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2019. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Cordova?

36
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cordova to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes16%Strong wind15%Cold waves10%Hail6%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Cordova faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Cordova flood?

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

1paid claims since 2019
$2Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20192026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Cordova isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Le Sueur County.
Disasters that hit Cordova

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CordovaDeclared for Le Sueur County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$35K to the Township of Cordova for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Township of Cordova for repairs
2014

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$40K to the Township of Cordova for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Cordova for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Cordova for repairs
Le Sueur County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Cordova

Cordova and the towns around it

Elysian: Low, mostly inland floodingCleveland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLexington: Low, mostly inland floodingKilkenny: Low, mostly inland floodingElysian: High, mostly inland floodingWaterville: High, mostly inland floodingJanesville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWashington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKasota: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSharon: Low, mostly inland floodingLe Center: Low, mostly inland floodingDerrynane: Low, mostly inland floodingMontgomery: Low, mostly inland floodingShieldsville: Very high, mostly inland floodingCordova: Low, mostly inland flooding CordovaElysianClevelandLexingtonKilkenny
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Clevelandmostly inland floodingModerate
Cordovamostly inland floodingLow
Elysianmostly inland floodingLow
Kilkennymostly inland floodingLow
Lexingtonmostly inland floodingLow
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. Cordova covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cordova’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Cordova. 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 Cordova total about $1.9M 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.

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