Natural hazards · Goodview

Goodview, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goodview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Goodview?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goodview to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes15%Cold waves14%Hail5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Goodview faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Goodview flood?

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

12paid claims since 1979

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 11 claims, $6K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Winona County.

Disasters that hit Goodview

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoodviewDeclared for Winona County only

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

64 households applied for aid $109K aid approved $132K to the City of Goodview for repairs

Winona County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Goodview

Goodview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Minnesota Citymostly inland floodingVery high

Rollingstonemostly inland floodingHigh

Winonamostly inland floodingModerate

Goodviewmostly 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. Goodview 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 Goodview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Goodview. 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.