Natural hazards · Leon

Leon, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1997.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Leon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leon to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes17%Strong wind11%Hail8%Cold waves5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Leon faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Leon flood?

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

4paid claims since 1997

$94Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19972026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Leon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Goodhue County.

Disasters that hit Leon

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Goodhue County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Leon itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into LeonDeclared for Goodhue County only

Goodhue County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Leon

Leon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Leonmostly inland floodingHigh

Cannon Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh

Warsawmostly inland floodingHigh

Belle Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Wanamingomostly 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. Leon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Leon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Leon. 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 Leon total about $2.3M 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.