Natural hazards · Nora

Nora, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nora comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Nora?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nora to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves20%Tornadoes8%Drought6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Nora faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Nora flood?

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

Disasters that hit Nora

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NoraDeclared for Clearwater County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Nora for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$12K to the Township of Nora for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$8K to the Township of Nora for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Nora for repairs

Clearwater County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Nora

Nora and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Noramostly inland floodingLow

Moose Creekmostly inland floodingLow

Falkmostly inland floodingLow

Minervamostly inland floodingLow

Copleymostly inland floodingVery low

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