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Natural hazards · Hallock

Hallock, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hallock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 82 claims here since 1979. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hallock?

78
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hallock to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding60%Cold waves19%Drought8%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Hallock faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Hallock flood?

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

82paid claims since 1979
$264Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 42 claims, $139K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hallock isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kittson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

14flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Hallock

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HallockDeclared for Kittson County only
2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$178K to the City of Hallock for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the City of Hallock for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the City of Hallock for repairs
2010

Flooding

$4K to the City of Hallock for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$46K to the City of Hallock for repairs
2006

Flooding

$12K to the City of Hallock for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$43K to the City of Hallock for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$20K to the City of Hallock for repairs
1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$14K to the City of Hallock for repairs
Kittson County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Hallock

Hallock and the towns around it

Hallock: High, mostly inland floodingThompson: High, mostly inland floodingHampden: High, mostly inland floodingHazelton: High, mostly inland floodingGranville: High, mostly inland floodingHallock: High, mostly inland flooding HallockHallockThompson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Thompsonmostly inland floodingHigh
Hallockmostly inland floodingHigh
Hallockmostly inland floodingHigh
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. Hallock 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 Hallock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hallock. 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.

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