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Le Sueur, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Le Sueur comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1993. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Le Sueur?

51
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Le Sueur to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes14%Strong wind13%Cold waves9%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Le Sueur faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 44 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 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 Le Sueur flood?

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

9paid claims since 1993
$125Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19932026

Biggest named events

  • Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $20K
  • Severe flooding: 1 claim, $17K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
1homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Le Sueur

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Le SueurDeclared for Le Sueur County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $373K to the City of Le Sueur for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$54K to the City of Le Sueur for repairs
2014

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

$28K to the City of Le Sueur for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the City of Le Sueur for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$83K to the City of Le Sueur for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$110K to the City of Le Sueur for repairs
Le Sueur County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Le Sueur

Le Sueur and the towns around it

Tyrone: Low, mostly inland floodingOttawa: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHenderson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHenderson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSharon: Low, mostly inland floodingBlakeley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDerrynane: Low, mostly inland floodingJessenland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLake Prairie: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKasota: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKelso: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLe Sueur: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Le SueurTyroneOttawaHenderson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hendersonmostly inland floodingModerate
Le Sueurmostly inland floodingModerate
Ottawamostly inland floodingModerate
Tyronemostly 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. Le Sueur 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 Le Sueur’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Le Sueur. 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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