Natural hazards · Hinckley

Hinckley, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hinckley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hinckley?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hinckley to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding52%Cold waves30%Tornadoes7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hinckley faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 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 Hinckley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pine County.

Disasters that hit Hinckley

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Pine County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Hinckley itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into HinckleyDeclared for Pine County only

Pine County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Hinckley

Hinckley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pomroymostly inland floodingModerate

Hinckleymostly inland floodingLow

Barrymostly inland floodingLow

Mission Creekmostly inland floodingLow

Dell Grovemostly inland floodingLow

Brook Parkmostly 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. Hinckley covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hinckley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Hinckley. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Hinckley total about $3.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.