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Natural hazards · Hegbert

Hegbert, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hegbert comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hegbert?

29
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hegbert to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding41%Cold waves22%Heat waves8%Hail8%Tornadoes7%Strong wind7%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Hegbert faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Hegbert flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HegbertDeclared for Swift County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Township of Hegbert for repairs
2022

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

$19K to the Township of Hegbert for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$44K to the Township of Hegbert for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the Township of Hegbert for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$49K to the Township of Hegbert for repairs
Swift County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Hegbert

Hegbert and the towns around it

Artichoke: Low, mostly cold wavesFairfield: Low, mostly inland floodingShible: Low, mostly inland floodingSynnes: Low, mostly inland floodingOtrey: Low, mostly cold wavesAkron: Low, mostly cold wavesStevens: Low, mostly inland floodingHorton: Very low, mostly inland floodingTara: High, mostly inland floodingMoyer: Low, mostly inland floodingAppleton: Low, mostly inland floodingScott: Low, mostly inland floodingHegbert: Low, mostly inland flooding HegbertArtichokeFairfieldShibleSynnes
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hegbertmostly inland floodingLow
Fairfieldmostly inland floodingLow
Shiblemostly inland floodingLow
Artichokemostly cold wavesLow
Synnesmostly 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. Hegbert 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 Hegbert’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Hegbert. 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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