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Hope, MN natural hazards

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

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

How exposed is Hope?

64
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hope to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding51%Cold waves15%Tornadoes7%Heat waves7%Hail7%Drought5%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Hope faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Hope flood?

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

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

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into HopeDeclared for Lincoln County only
Lincoln County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Hope

Hope and the towns around it

Tyler: High, mostly inland floodingShelburne: High, mostly inland floodingLake Benton: High, mostly inland floodingMarshfield: High, mostly inland floodingAetna: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFountain Prairie: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCoon Creek: High, mostly inland floodingRock Lake: High, mostly inland floodingEllsborough: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDiamond Lake: High, mostly inland floodingLake Benton: High, mostly inland floodingVerdi: High, mostly inland floodingLake Stay: High, mostly inland floodingRock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAltona: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGrange: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHope: High, mostly inland flooding HopeTylerShelburneLake BentonMarshfieldAetnaFountain Prairie
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hopemostly inland floodingHigh
Tylermostly inland floodingHigh
Lake Bentonmostly inland floodingHigh
Marshfieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Shelburnemostly inland floodingHigh
Aetnamostly inland floodingModerate
Fountain Prairiemostly inland floodingModerate
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. Hope 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 Hope’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Hope. 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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