Natural hazards · Nelson Park

Nelson Park, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nelson Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nelson Park?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nelson Park to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding33%Cold waves25%Wildfire16%Drought12%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Nelson Park faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Wildfire

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Nelson Park flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marshall County.

Disasters that hit Nelson Park

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Nelson ParkDeclared for Marshall County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the Township of Nelson Park for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Township of Nelson Park for repairs

2006

Flooding

$2K to the Township of Nelson Park for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$8K to the Township of Nelson Park for repairs

Marshall County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Nelson Park

Nelson Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Deerwoodmostly inland floodingHigh

Augsburgmostly inland floodingHigh

Nelson Parkmostly inland floodingHigh

Lincolnmostly inland floodingHigh

Wrightmostly 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. Nelson Park 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 Nelson Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Nelson Park. 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.