Natural hazards · Nevis

Nevis, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nevis comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1999. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nevis?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nevis to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Cold waves10%Tornadoes7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Nevis faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 31 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Nevis flood?

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

7paid claims since 1999

$134Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 3 claims, $111K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hubbard County.

Disasters that hit Nevis

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NevisDeclared for Hubbard County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Nevis for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$7K to the Township of Nevis for repairs

Hubbard County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Nevis

Nevis and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Nevismostly inland floodingModerate

White Oakmostly inland floodingModerate

Henriettamostly inland floodingModerate

Crow Wing Lakemostly inland floodingModerate

Mantrapmostly 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. Nevis covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nevis’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Nevis. 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 Nevis total about $1.7M 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.