Natural hazards · Dryden

Dryden, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dryden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dryden?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dryden to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding42%Cold waves15%Strong wind15%Tornadoes14%Hail7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Dryden faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 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 Dryden flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sibley County.

Disasters that hit Dryden

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DrydenDeclared for Sibley County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Township of Dryden for repairs

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$37K to the Township of Dryden for repairs

2014

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

$9K to the Township of Dryden for repairs

2010

Flooding

$1K to the Township of Dryden for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$14K to the Township of Dryden for repairs

Sibley County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Dryden

Dryden and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Arlingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

New Auburnmostly inland floodingModerate

Drydenmostly inland floodingLow

Transitmostly inland floodingLow

Sibleymostly 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. Dryden covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dryden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Dryden. 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 Dryden total about $2.7M 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.