Natural hazards · Hassan Valley

Hassan Valley, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hassan Valley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hassan Valley?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hassan Valley to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves17%Tornadoes16%Strong wind8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Hassan Valley faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Hassan Valley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McLeod County.

Disasters that hit Hassan Valley

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Hassan ValleyDeclared for McLeod County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Township of Hassan Valley for repairs

2010

Flooding

$10K to the Township of Hassan Valley for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$5K to the Township of Hassan Valley for repairs

McLeod County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Hassan Valley

Hassan Valley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hassan Valleymostly inland floodingLow

Rich Valleymostly inland floodingLow

Sumtermostly inland floodingLow

Hutchinsonmostly 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. Hassan Valley covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hassan Valley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Hassan Valley. 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 Hassan Valley total about $2.1M 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.