Natural hazards · Ericson

Ericson, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ericson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1997. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ericson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ericson to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves15%Drought11%Strong wind9%Hail8%Tornadoes7%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Ericson faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years 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 Ericson flood?

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

3paid claims since 1997

$63Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19972026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Renville County.

Disasters that hit Ericson

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EricsonDeclared for Renville County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$20K to the Township of Ericson for repairs

2014

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

$4K to the Township of Ericson for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Township of Ericson for repairs

2010

Flooding

$10K to the Township of Ericson for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$7K to the Township of Ericson for repairs

Renville County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Ericson

Ericson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rheiderlandmostly inland floodingHigh

Ericsonmostly inland floodingModerate

Wangmostly inland floodingModerate

Sacred Heartmostly inland floodingModerate

Crooksmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Ericson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ericson’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Ericson. 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 Ericson total about $1.9M 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.