Natural hazards · Nashwauk

Nashwauk, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nashwauk comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low 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 Nashwauk?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nashwauk to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves51%Inland flooding35%Strong wind5%Heat waves5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Nashwauk faces

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

Cold waves

51% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Nashwauk flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Nashwauk 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 Nashwauk

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NashwaukDeclared for Itasca County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$73K to the City of Nashwauk for repairs

1999

Severe Storms, Winds, and Flooding

$56K to the City of Nashwauk for repairs

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

Around Nashwauk

Nashwauk and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Nashwaukmostly inland floodingHigh

Lone Pinemostly cold wavesLow

Greenwaymostly cold wavesLow

Hibbingmostly cold wavesLow

Nashwaukmostly cold wavesLow

Keewatinmostly cold wavesLow

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