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Natural hazards · New Richland

New Richland, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Richland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2016. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is New Richland?

44
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Richland to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding38%Drought20%Cold waves13%Strong wind11%Tornadoes11%Hail6%Everything else2%
By hazard

What New Richland 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
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

20% of expected damage
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 New Richland flood?

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

1paid claims since 2016
$170paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20162026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. New Richland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Waseca County.
Disasters that hit New Richland

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New RichlandDeclared for Waseca County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $16K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $54K aid approved $38K to the City of New Richland for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$250K to the City of New Richland for repairs
Waseca County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
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 Richland 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 New Richland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of New Richland. 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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