Natural hazards · New Prague

New Prague, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Prague comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Prague?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Prague to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Cold waves14%Tornadoes13%Strong wind13%Everything else10%

By hazard

What New Prague faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 New Prague flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Le Sueur County.

Disasters that hit New Prague

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Le Sueur County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching New Prague itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into New PragueDeclared for Le Sueur County only

Le Sueur County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around New Prague

New Prague and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Helenamostly inland floodingModerate

New Praguemostly inland floodingModerate

Lanesburghmostly 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. New Prague covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Prague’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of New Prague. 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 New Prague total about $1.1M 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.