Natural hazards · Eglon

Eglon, MN natural hazards

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

80
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eglon to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Cold waves13%Tornadoes5%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Eglon faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Eglon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Eglon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Clay County.
Disasters that hit Eglon

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EglonDeclared for Clay County only
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Eglon for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Township of Eglon for repairs
2006

Flooding

$3K to the Township of Eglon for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$15K to the Township of Eglon for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Eglon for repairs
Clay County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Eglon

Eglon and the towns around it

Highland Grove: High, mostly inland floodingParke: Very high, mostly inland floodingHawley: High, mostly inland floodingLake Park: Low, mostly inland floodingHawley: High, mostly inland floodingCuba: Low, mostly inland floodingCormorant: Low, mostly inland floodingCromwell: High, mostly inland floodingHitterdal: High, mostly inland floodingSkree: Very high, mostly inland floodingTansem: Very high, mostly inland floodingRiverton: High, mostly inland floodingLake Park: Low, mostly inland floodingAudubon: Very low, mostly inland floodingHamden: Very low, mostly inland floodingAtlanta: Low, mostly inland floodingRiceville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingScambler: Low, mostly inland floodingLake Eunice: Very low, mostly inland floodingEglon: Very high, mostly inland flooding EglonHighland GroveParkeHawleyLake ParkHawleyCubaCormorant
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Eglonmostly inland floodingVery high
Parkemostly inland floodingVery high
Highland Grovemostly inland floodingHigh
Hawleymostly inland floodingHigh
Hawleymostly inland floodingHigh
Lake Parkmostly inland floodingLow
Cubamostly inland floodingLow
Cormorantmostly 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. Eglon 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 Eglon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Eglon. 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.

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