Natural hazards · Helga

Helga, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Helga comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Helga?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding60%Cold waves18%Tornadoes6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Helga faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Helga flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hubbard County.

Disasters that hit Helga

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HelgaDeclared for Hubbard County only

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$17K to the Township of Helga for repairs

Hubbard County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Helga

Helga and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bemidjimostly inland floodingHigh

Helgamostly inland floodingLow

Rockwoodmostly inland floodingLow

Fardenmostly inland floodingLow

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