Natural hazards · Felton

Felton, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Felton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Felton?

77
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Felton to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding62%Cold waves18%Tornadoes5%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Felton faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% 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 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Felton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Felton 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 Felton

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FeltonDeclared for Clay County only
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Felton for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the Township of Felton for repairs
2010

Flooding

$15K to the Township of Felton for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Township of Felton for repairs
2006

Flooding

$3K to the Township of Felton for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$37K to the Township of Felton for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$10K to the Township of Felton for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the Township of Felton for repairs
Clay County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Felton

Felton and the towns around it

Hagen: High, mostly inland floodingFlowing: Very high, mostly inland floodingViding: Very high, mostly inland floodingWinchester: Low, mostly inland floodingKeene: High, mostly inland floodingUlen: High, mostly inland floodingRockwell: Moderate, mostly cold wavesMorken: Very high, mostly inland floodingSpring Prairie: High, mostly inland floodingMary: Low, mostly inland floodingGeorgetown: Very high, mostly inland floodingMcDonaldsville: Low, mostly inland floodingFelton: High, mostly inland flooding FeltonHagenFlowingVidingWinchester
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Flowingmostly inland floodingVery high
Vidingmostly inland floodingVery high
Feltonmostly inland floodingHigh
Hagenmostly inland floodingHigh
Winchestermostly 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. Felton 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 Felton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Felton. 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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