Natural hazards · Greenfield

Greenfield, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2014. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenfield to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding49%Cold waves19%Tornadoes13%Hail8%Heat waves7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Greenfield faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 65 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Greenfield flood?

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

1paid claims since 2014

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20142026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hennepin County.

Disasters that hit Greenfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenfieldDeclared for Hennepin County only

2014

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

$17K to the City of Greenfield for repairs

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

Around Greenfield

Greenfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rockfordmostly inland floodingHigh

Franklinmostly inland floodingHigh

Hanovermostly inland floodingModerate

Greenfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Corcoranmostly inland floodingLow

Independencemostly inland floodingVery low

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. Greenfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greenfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Greenfield. 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 Greenfield total about $1.4M 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.