Natural hazards · Eden Prairie

Eden Prairie, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eden Prairie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eden Prairie?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eden Prairie to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes18%Cold waves17%Hail7%Heat waves7%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Eden Prairie faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% 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 Eden Prairie flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979

$92Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Eden Prairie 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 Eden Prairie

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Eden PrairieDeclared for Hennepin County only

2014

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

$265K to the City of Eden Prairie for repairs

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

Around Eden Prairie

Eden Prairie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Shakopeemostly inland floodingModerate

Eden Prairiemostly inland floodingLow

Chanhassenmostly inland floodingLow

Bloomingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Edinamostly inland floodingLow

Minnetonkamostly 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. Eden Prairie covers 15 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eden Prairie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eden Prairie. 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 Eden Prairie total about $29.6M 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.