Natural hazards · Hanley Falls

Hanley Falls, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hanley Falls comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hanley Falls?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hanley Falls to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding30%Heat waves30%Cold waves15%Tornadoes7%Strong wind6%Drought5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Hanley Falls faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

30% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Hanley Falls flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Hanley Falls.

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Yellow Medicine County.

Disasters that hit Hanley Falls

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Hanley FallsDeclared for Yellow Medicine County only

2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$20K to the City of Hanley Falls for repairs

2014

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

$13K to the City of Hanley Falls for repairs

Yellow Medicine County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Hanley Falls 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 Hanley Falls’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hanley Falls. 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.