Natural hazards · Edina

Edina, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edina comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 67 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edina?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edina to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes20%Cold waves20%Hail8%Heat waves8%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Edina faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% 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 windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Edina flood?

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

67paid claims since 1978

$924Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 1 claim, $3K
Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $196

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Edina 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 Edina

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdinaDeclared for Hennepin County only

2014

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

$43K to the City of Edina for repairs

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

Around Edina

Edina and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Eden Prairiemostly inland floodingLow

Minneapolismostly inland floodingLow

Edinamostly inland floodingLow

Bloomingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Minnetonkamostly inland floodingLow

Richfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Hopkinsmostly inland floodingLow

St. Louis Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Edina covers 14 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Edina’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Edina. 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 Edina total about $21.7M 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.