Natural hazards · Grand Meadow

Grand Meadow, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grand Meadow 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 Grand Meadow?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grand Meadow to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding47%Drought17%Tornadoes14%Hail8%Cold waves7%Strong wind5%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Grand Meadow faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% 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 Grand Meadow flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mower County.

Disasters that hit Grand Meadow

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Grand MeadowDeclared for Mower County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $62K aid approved $1K to the City of Grand Meadow for repairs

Mower County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Grand Meadow

Grand Meadow and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Grand Meadowmostly inland floodingModerate

Frankfordmostly 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. Grand Meadow covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Grand Meadow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Grand Meadow. 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 Grand Meadow total about $2.7M 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.