Natural hazards · Hantho

Hantho, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hantho comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hantho?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hantho to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding32%Cold waves30%Heat waves11%Tornadoes9%Strong wind6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hantho faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

30% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Hantho flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lac qui Parle County.

Disasters that hit Hantho

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lac qui Parle County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Hantho itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into HanthoDeclared for Lac qui Parle County only

Lac qui Parle County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Hantho

Hantho and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lac qui Parlemostly inland floodingHigh

Krageromostly inland floodingModerate

Appletonmostly inland floodingLow

Hanthomostly inland floodingLow

Cerro Gordomostly inland floodingLow

Lake Shoremostly inland floodingLow

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. Hantho 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 Hantho’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Hantho. 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.