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Jordan, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jordan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Jordan?

55
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jordan to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes14%Cold waves14%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Jordan faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year 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 Jordan flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Jordan, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 1978
$309paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Jordan isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Fillmore County.
Disasters that hit Jordan

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JordanDeclared for Fillmore County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Township of Jordan for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Jordan for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Jordan for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$74K to the Township of Jordan for repairs
Fillmore County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Jordan

Jordan and the towns around it

Fillmore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSumner: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOrion: Low, mostly inland floodingChatfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpring Valley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingForestville: Very high, mostly inland floodingFountain: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBloomfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRacine: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHigh Forest: Low, mostly inland floodingPleasant Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingChatfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElmira: Low, mostly inland floodingEyota: Low, mostly inland floodingPilot Mound: Very high, mostly inland floodingJordan: Moderate, mostly inland flooding JordanFillmoreSumnerOrionChatfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Jordanmostly inland floodingModerate
Fillmoremostly inland floodingModerate
Sumnermostly inland floodingModerate
Chatfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Orionmostly 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. Jordan covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jordan’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Jordan. 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 Jordan total about $3.0M 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.

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