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Fieldon, MN natural hazards

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

31
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fieldon to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding31%Cold waves20%Drought16%Tornadoes12%Strong wind9%Hail7%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Fieldon faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year 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 Fieldon flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FieldonDeclared for Watonwan County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$35K to the Township of Fieldon for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$47K to the Township of Fieldon for repairs
2018

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$37K to the Township of Fieldon for repairs
2014

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

$3K to the Township of Fieldon for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$20K to the Township of Fieldon for repairs
Watonwan County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Fieldon

Fieldon and the towns around it

Ceresco: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRosendale: Low, mostly inland floodingMadelia: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAntrim: Low, mostly inland floodingVernon Center: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLincoln: High, mostly inland floodingPleasant Mound: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSt. James: Low, mostly cold wavesSouth Branch: Low, mostly inland floodingRiverdale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSt. James: Low, mostly inland floodingLinden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFieldon: Low, mostly inland flooding FieldonCerescoRosendaleMadeliaAntrim
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Madeliamostly inland floodingModerate
Cerescomostly inland floodingModerate
Fieldonmostly inland floodingLow
Rosendalemostly inland floodingLow
Antrimmostly 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. Fieldon 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 Fieldon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Fieldon. 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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