Natural hazards · Malung

Malung, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Malung comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Malung?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Malung to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding58%Wildfire16%Drought11%Cold waves10%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Malung faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

16% of expected damage

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

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Malung flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Roseau County.

Disasters that hit Malung

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MalungDeclared for Roseau County only

2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Malung for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$21K to the Township of Malung for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$13K to the Township of Malung for repairs

2006

Flooding

$3K to the Township of Malung for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$60K to the Township of Malung for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$10K to the Township of Malung for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Malung for repairs

1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Malung for repairs

Roseau County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Malung

Malung and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sprucemostly inland floodingVery high

Malungmostly inland floodingHigh

Falunmostly inland floodingHigh

Mickinockmostly inland floodingHigh

Staffordmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Malung 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 Malung’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Malung. 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.