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Natural hazards · Kasson

Kasson, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kasson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1983. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Kasson?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kasson to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes21%Cold waves15%Strong wind8%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Kasson faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Cold waves

15% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Kasson flood?

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

3paid claims since 1983
$84Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19832026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Kasson isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Dodge County.
Disasters that hit Kasson

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KassonDeclared for Dodge County only
2014

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$13K to the City of Kasson for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the City of Kasson for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

115 households applied for aid $262K aid approved $27K to the City of Kasson for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
Dodge County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Kasson

Kasson and the towns around it

Mantorville: High, mostly inland floodingCanisteo: High, mostly inland floodingMantorville: High, mostly inland floodingKalmar: Low, mostly inland floodingMilton: High, mostly inland floodingWasioja: Low, mostly inland floodingSalem: Low, mostly inland floodingVernon: High, mostly inland floodingAshland: Low, mostly inland floodingKasson: Moderate, mostly inland flooding KassonMantorvilleCanisteo
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Canisteomostly inland floodingHigh
Mantorvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Kassonmostly 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. Kasson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kasson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kasson. 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 Kasson total about $2.0M 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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