Natural hazards · Hazelton

Hazelton, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hazelton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hazelton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hazelton to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding61%Cold waves29%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Hazelton faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Hazelton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Aitkin County.

Disasters that hit Hazelton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HazeltonDeclared for Aitkin County only

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$4K to the Township of Hazelton for repairs

Aitkin County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Hazelton

Hazelton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Farm Islandmostly inland floodingHigh

Hazeltonmostly inland floodingHigh

Wealthwoodmostly inland floodingHigh

Garrisonmostly inland floodingHigh

Bay Lakemostly inland floodingHigh

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