Natural hazards · Faxon

Faxon, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Faxon 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 Faxon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Faxon to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding47%Strong wind15%Cold waves14%Tornadoes11%Hail8%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Faxon faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Faxon flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sibley County.

Disasters that hit Faxon

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FaxonDeclared for Sibley County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$22K to the Township of Faxon for repairs

2014

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

$32K to the Township of Faxon for repairs

Sibley County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Faxon

Faxon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Belle Plainemostly inland floodingModerate

Faxonmostly inland floodingModerate

Washington Lakemostly inland floodingModerate

Jessenlandmostly inland floodingModerate

Blakeleymostly inland floodingModerate

San Franciscomostly inland floodingLow

Hancockmostly 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. Faxon 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 Faxon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Faxon. 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.