Natural hazards · Donnelly

Donnelly, MN natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Donnelly?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Donnelly to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves22%Hail5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Donnelly faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce 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 Donnelly flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Donnelly 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 Donnelly

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into DonnellyDeclared for Marshall County only

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

Around Donnelly

Donnelly and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sveamostly inland floodingHigh

Donnellymostly inland floodingHigh

Eagle Pointmostly inland floodingHigh

Sinnottmostly inland floodingHigh

Parkermostly inland floodingHigh

Tamaracmostly inland floodingHigh

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