Natural hazards · Irving

Irving, MN natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Irving to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves16%Strong wind11%Hail10%Tornadoes7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Irving faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Irving flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kandiyohi County.

Disasters that hit Irving

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into IrvingDeclared for Kandiyohi County only

2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$17K to the Township of Irving for repairs

Kandiyohi County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Irving

Irving and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Irvingmostly inland floodingModerate

Harrisonmostly inland floodingModerate

Rosevillemostly inland floodingModerate

Union Grovemostly inland floodingLow

New Londonmostly 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. Irving covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Irving’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Irving. 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 Irving total about $1.6M 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.