Natural hazards · Marcell

Marcell, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marcell 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 Marcell?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marcell to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding60%Cold waves31%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Marcell faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Marcell flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Itasca County.

Disasters that hit Marcell

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarcellDeclared for Itasca County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$48K to the Township of Marcell for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$10K to the Township of Marcell for repairs

1999

Severe Storms, Winds, and Flooding

$48K to the Township of Marcell for repairs

Itasca County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Marcell

Marcell and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lake Jessiemostly inland floodingHigh

Stokesmostly inland floodingHigh

Bowstringmostly inland floodingHigh

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