Natural hazards · Marsh Creek

Marsh Creek, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marsh Creek comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2001. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marsh Creek?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marsh Creek to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding41%Cold waves22%Drought11%Tornadoes8%Strong wind7%Hail6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Marsh Creek faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Marsh Creek flood?

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

4paid claims since 2001

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20012026

Biggest named events

Winter storm: 1 claim, $833

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mahnomen County.

Disasters that hit Marsh Creek

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Marsh CreekDeclared for Mahnomen County only

2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Marsh Creek for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$3K to the Township of Marsh Creek for repairs

Mahnomen County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Marsh Creek

Marsh Creek and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Waukonmostly cold wavesModerate

Marsh Creekmostly inland floodingVery low

Mahnomenmostly inland floodingVery low

Chiefmostly inland floodingVery low

Bejoumostly inland floodingVery low

Pembinamostly inland floodingVery low

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. Marsh Creek covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marsh Creek’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Marsh Creek. 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 Marsh Creek total about $1.5M 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.