Natural hazards · Gordon

Gordon, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gordon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gordon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gordon to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Gordon faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Gordon flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $931

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Todd County.

Disasters that hit Gordon

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GordonDeclared for Todd County only

2014

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

$17K to the Township of Gordon for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$989 to the Township of Gordon for repairs

Todd County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Gordon

Gordon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Gordonmostly inland floodingHigh

Little Saukmostly inland floodingHigh

West Unionmostly inland floodingHigh

Lesliemostly inland floodingHigh

Osakismostly inland floodingModerate

Osakismostly 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. Gordon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Gordon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Gordon. 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 Gordon total about $2.6M 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.