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Natural hazards · Heier

Heier, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Heier 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 Heier?

27
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Heier to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding35%Cold waves26%Drought11%Tornadoes8%Strong wind7%Hail6%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Heier faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Heier flood?

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HeierDeclared for Mahnomen County only
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Heier for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$8K to the Township of Heier for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Township of Heier for repairs
Mahnomen County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Heier

Heier and the towns around it

Gregory: Very low, mostly inland floodingRosebud: Low, mostly inland floodingBeaulieu: Low, mostly inland floodingIsland Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingSletten: Low, mostly inland floodingChief: Very low, mostly inland floodingBejou: Very low, mostly inland floodingFosston: Low, mostly inland floodingColumbia: Low, mostly inland floodingBrandsvold: Low, mostly inland floodingClover: Low, mostly inland floodingLa Garde: Low, mostly inland floodingFalk: Low, mostly inland floodingPopple: Very low, mostly inland floodingHeier: Low, mostly inland flooding HeierGregoryRosebudBeaulieuIsland Lake
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Rosebudmostly inland floodingLow
Heiermostly inland floodingLow
Beaulieumostly inland floodingLow
Island Lakemostly inland floodingLow
Gregorymostly inland floodingVery low
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. Heier 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 Heier’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Heier. 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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