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Natural hazards · Medo

Medo, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Medo comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Medo?

39
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Medo to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding38%Cold waves23%Drought11%Tornadoes10%Strong wind9%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Medo faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Medo flood?

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

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MedoDeclared for Blue Earth County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the Township of Medo for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Medo for repairs
2014

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$25K to the Township of Medo for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Medo for repairs
2010

Flooding

$8K to the Township of Medo for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$1K to the Township of Medo for repairs
Blue Earth County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Medo

Medo and the towns around it

Danville: Low, mostly inland floodingFreedom: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBeauford: Low, mostly inland floodingMcPherson: High, mostly inland floodingMinnesota Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingMapleton: Low, mostly inland floodingVivian: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMinnesota Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingAlton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWaldorf: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDecoria: High, mostly inland floodingLyra: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLe Ray: Low, mostly cold wavesMedo: Low, mostly inland flooding MedoDanvilleFreedomBeaufordMcPherson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
McPhersonmostly inland floodingHigh
Freedommostly inland floodingModerate
Medomostly inland floodingLow
Danvillemostly inland floodingLow
Beaufordmostly 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. Medo 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 Medo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Medo. 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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