Natural hazards · Greenvale

Greenvale, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenvale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2001. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenvale?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenvale to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes20%Strong wind12%Hail7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Greenvale faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Greenvale flood?

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

4paid claims since 2001

$134Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20012026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dakota County.

Disasters that hit Greenvale

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenvaleDeclared for Dakota County only

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$43K to the Township of Greenvale for repairs

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

Around Greenvale

Greenvale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Webstermostly inland floodingModerate

Northfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Bridgewatermostly inland floodingModerate

Greenvalemostly inland floodingModerate

Waterfordmostly 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. Greenvale covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greenvale’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Greenvale. 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 Greenvale total about $1.8M 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.