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Lien, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lien comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lien?

46
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lien to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding52%Cold waves20%Tornadoes8%Hail7%Strong wind6%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Lien faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 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 Lien flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Lien.

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LienDeclared for Grant County only
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Township of Lien for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Township of Lien for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$7K to the Township of Lien for repairs
Grant County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Lien

Lien and the towns around it

Barrett: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSanford: Low, mostly inland floodingDelaware: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElk Lake: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRoseville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingErdahl: Low, mostly inland floodingElbow Lake: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPomme de Terre: Low, mostly inland floodingMacsville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGorton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUrness: Low, mostly inland floodingLand: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRendsville: Low, mostly inland floodingLien: Moderate, mostly inland flooding LienBarrettSanfordDelawareElk LakeRoseville
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lienmostly inland floodingModerate
Barrettmostly inland floodingModerate
Delawaremostly inland floodingModerate
Elk Lakemostly inland floodingModerate
Rosevillemostly inland floodingModerate
Sanfordmostly 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. Lien 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 Lien’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Lien. 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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