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Natural hazards · Norwegian Grove

Norwegian Grove, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Norwegian Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Norwegian Grove?

27
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Norwegian Grove to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves29%Tornadoes11%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Norwegian Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Norwegian Grove flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Norwegian Grove isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Otter Tail County.
Disasters that hit Norwegian Grove

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Norwegian GroveDeclared for Otter Tail County only
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Norwegian Grove for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$49K to the Township of Norwegian Grove for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$24K to the Township of Norwegian Grove for repairs
Otter Tail County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Norwegian Grove

Norwegian Grove and the towns around it

Prairie View: High, mostly inland floodingTansem: Very high, mostly inland floodingTrondhjem: Very low, mostly inland floodingPelican: Low, mostly inland floodingAtherton: High, mostly inland floodingHumboldt: Very high, mostly inland floodingTanberg: High, mostly inland floodingScambler: Low, mostly inland floodingParke: Very high, mostly inland floodingRothsay: High, mostly inland floodingErhards Grove: Very low, mostly inland floodingOscar: Low, mostly inland floodingLida: Low, mostly inland floodingNorwegian Grove: Low, mostly inland flooding Norwegian GrovePrairie ViewTansemTrondhjemPelican
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Tansemmostly inland floodingVery high
Prairie Viewmostly inland floodingHigh
Norwegian Grovemostly inland floodingLow
Pelicanmostly inland floodingLow
Trondhjemmostly 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. Norwegian Grove 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 Norwegian Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Norwegian Grove. 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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