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Natural hazards · Leenthrop

Leenthrop, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leenthrop comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 23 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Leenthrop?

42
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leenthrop to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves18%Tornadoes10%Heat waves9%Strong wind6%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Leenthrop 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 61% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Leenthrop flood?

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

23paid claims since 1978
$209Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Severe flooding: 5 claims, $49K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Leenthrop isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Chippewa County.
Disasters that hit Leenthrop

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeenthropDeclared for Chippewa County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Township of Leenthrop for repairs
2022

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

$129K to the Township of Leenthrop for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$64K to the Township of Leenthrop for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Leenthrop for repairs
2010

Flooding

$1K to the Township of Leenthrop for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$2K to the Township of Leenthrop for repairs
Chippewa County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Leenthrop

Leenthrop and the towns around it

Granite Falls: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSparta: High, mostly inland floodingStoneham: High, mostly inland floodingHavelock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCrate: High, mostly inland floodingMinnesota Falls: High, mostly inland floodingGranite Falls: High, mostly inland floodingStony Run: High, mostly inland floodingWang: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHawk Creek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCamp Release: High, mostly inland floodingMontevideo: High, mostly inland floodingTunsberg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRosewood: Moderate, mostly inland floodingClara City: High, mostly inland floodingRheiderland: High, mostly inland floodingGrace: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLouriston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLone Tree: High, mostly inland floodingLeenthrop: Moderate, mostly inland flooding LeenthropGranite FallsSpartaStonehamHavelockCrate
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Stonehammostly inland floodingHigh
Cratemostly inland floodingHigh
Spartamostly inland floodingHigh
Havelockmostly inland floodingModerate
Leenthropmostly inland floodingModerate
Granite Fallsmostly 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. Leenthrop covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Leenthrop’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Leenthrop. 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 Leenthrop 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.

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