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Lac qui Parle, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lac qui Parle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lac qui Parle?

69
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lac qui Parle to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding49%Cold waves23%Heat waves8%Tornadoes7%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Lac qui Parle faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Heat waves

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

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Lac qui Parle flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Lac qui Parle.

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lac qui ParleDeclared for Lac qui Parle County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$30K to the Township of Lac qui Parle for repairs
2022

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

$24K to the Township of Lac qui Parle for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$30K to the Township of Lac qui Parle for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the Township of Lac qui Parle for repairs
2010

Flooding

$5K to the Township of Lac qui Parle for repairs
Lac qui Parle County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Lac qui Parle

Lac qui Parle and the towns around it

Kragero: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHantho: Low, mostly inland floodingBaxter: High, mostly inland floodingCerro Gordo: Low, mostly inland floodingCamp Release: High, mostly inland floodingTunsberg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEdison: Low, mostly inland floodingBig Bend: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAppleton: Low, mostly inland floodingLake Shore: Low, mostly inland floodingTen Mile Lake: High, mostly inland floodingRiverside: High, mostly inland floodingMadison: Low, mostly inland floodingSparta: High, mostly inland floodingLisbon: High, mostly inland floodingStony Run: High, mostly inland floodingLac qui Parle: High, mostly inland flooding Lac qui ParleKrageroHanthoBaxterCerro GordoCamp Release
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lac qui Parlemostly inland floodingHigh
Baxtermostly inland floodingHigh
Camp Releasemostly inland floodingHigh
Krageromostly inland floodingModerate
Hanthomostly inland floodingLow
Cerro Gordomostly 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. Lac qui Parle 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 Lac qui Parle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Lac qui Parle. 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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