Natural hazards · Dunnell

Dunnell, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dunnell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Dunnell?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dunnell to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding36%Hail14%Tornadoes14%Cold waves13%Drought12%Strong wind8%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Dunnell faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Dunnell flood?

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

Disasters that hit Dunnell

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DunnellDeclared for Martin County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $74K aid approved $7K to the City of Dunnell for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $853 aid approved

Martin County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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

Dunnell, MN natural hazards

How exposed is Dunnell?

What Dunnell faces

Inland flooding

Hail

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Drought

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Dunnell flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

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