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Natural hazards · Mazeppa

Mazeppa, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mazeppa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Mazeppa?

79
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mazeppa to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Tornadoes12%Strong wind7%Hail6%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Mazeppa faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Mazeppa flood?

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MazeppaDeclared for Wabasha County only
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$3K to the City of Mazeppa for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the City of Mazeppa for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $986 aid approved
Wabasha County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Mazeppa

Mazeppa and the towns around it

Mazeppa: High, mostly inland floodingPine Island: High, mostly inland floodingChester: High, mostly inland floodingZumbro: High, mostly inland floodingPine Island: High, mostly inland floodingZumbrota: High, mostly inland floodingRoscoe: High, mostly inland floodingZumbrota: High, mostly inland floodingZumbro Falls: High, mostly inland floodingGillford: High, mostly inland floodingBelvidere: High, mostly inland floodingBellechester: High, mostly inland floodingMazeppa: High, mostly inland flooding MazeppaMazeppaPine IslandChester
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mazeppamostly inland floodingHigh
Mazeppamostly inland floodingHigh
Chestermostly inland floodingHigh
Pine Islandmostly 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. Mazeppa 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 Mazeppa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mazeppa. 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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