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Natural hazards · Highland Grove

Highland Grove, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Highland Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Highland Grove?

77
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Highland Grove to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding62%Cold waves18%Tornadoes5%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Highland Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 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 Highland Grove flood?

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

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Highland GroveDeclared for Clay County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$20K to the Township of Highland Grove for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Highland Grove for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Township of Highland Grove for repairs
2006

Flooding

$3K to the Township of Highland Grove for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$15K to the Township of Highland Grove for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Township of Highland Grove for repairs
Clay County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Highland Grove

Highland Grove and the towns around it

Eglon: Very high, mostly inland floodingCromwell: High, mostly inland floodingHitterdal: High, mostly inland floodingCuba: Low, mostly inland floodingParke: Very high, mostly inland floodingHawley: High, mostly inland floodingLake Park: Low, mostly inland floodingHawley: High, mostly inland floodingCormorant: Low, mostly inland floodingSpring Prairie: High, mostly inland floodingGoose Prairie: High, mostly inland floodingHamden: Very low, mostly inland floodingAtlanta: Low, mostly inland floodingRiceville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHighland Grove: High, mostly inland flooding Highland GroveEglonCromwellHitterdalCuba
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Eglonmostly inland floodingVery high
Highland Grovemostly inland floodingHigh
Cromwellmostly inland floodingHigh
Hitterdalmostly inland floodingHigh
Cubamostly 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. Highland Grove 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 Highland Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Highland Grove. 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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