Natural hazards · Forest Prairie

Forest Prairie, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Forest Prairie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Forest Prairie?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding52%Cold waves13%Tornadoes12%Strong wind11%Hail7%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Forest Prairie faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% 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 Forest Prairie flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Meeker County.

Disasters that hit Forest Prairie

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Forest PrairieDeclared for Meeker County only

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$5K to the Township of Forest Prairie for repairs

Meeker County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Forest Prairie

Forest Prairie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kingstonmostly inland floodingModerate

Forest Prairiemostly inland floodingModerate

Forest Citymostly inland floodingModerate

Manannahmostly inland floodingModerate

Luxemburgmostly inland floodingModerate

Maine Prairiemostly 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. Forest Prairie 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 Forest Prairie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Forest Prairie. 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.