Natural hazards · Fridley

Fridley, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fridley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1993. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fridley?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fridley to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Strong wind11%Tornadoes9%Hail6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Fridley faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 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

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Fridley flood?

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

11paid claims since 1993

$145Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Anoka County.

Disasters that hit Fridley

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FridleyDeclared for Anoka County only

2011

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$86K to the City of Fridley for repairs

Anoka County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Fridley

Fridley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brooklyn Centermostly inland floodingHigh

Columbia Heightsmostly inland floodingHigh

Brooklyn Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Coon Rapidsmostly inland floodingModerate

Fridleymostly inland floodingModerate

Minneapolismostly inland floodingLow

Spring Lake Parkmostly 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. Fridley covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fridley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fridley. 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 Fridley total about $10.3M 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.