Natural hazards · Olivia

Olivia, MN natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Olivia?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding41%Cold waves23%Tornadoes13%Strong wind10%Heat waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Olivia faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 32 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Olivia flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Renville County.

Disasters that hit Olivia

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Renville County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Olivia itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into OliviaDeclared for Renville County only

Renville County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Olivia

Olivia and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bird Islandmostly inland floodingLow

Oliviamostly inland floodingLow

Troymostly 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. Olivia 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 Olivia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Olivia. 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.