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Natural hazards · Popple

Popple, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Popple comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2001. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Popple?

10
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Popple to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding52%Cold waves18%Tornadoes10%Strong wind6%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Popple faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 32 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 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 Popple flood?

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

2paid claims since 2001
$72Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20012026
Disasters that hit Popple

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PoppleDeclared for Clearwater County only
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the Township of Popple for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$5K to the Township of Popple for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$768 to the Township of Popple for repairs
Clearwater County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Popple

Popple and the towns around it

Eddy: Low, mostly inland floodingColumbia: Low, mostly inland floodingCopley: Very low, mostly inland floodingFalk: Low, mostly inland floodingIsland Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingHolst: Low, mostly inland floodingQueen: Low, mostly inland floodingPine Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingRosebud: Low, mostly inland floodingBagley: Very low, mostly inland floodingShevlin: Low, mostly inland floodingNora: Low, mostly inland floodingLa Prairie: Low, mostly inland floodingClover: Low, mostly inland floodingHeier: Low, mostly inland floodingPopple: Very low, mostly inland flooding PoppleEddyColumbiaCopleyFalkIsland Lake
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Columbiamostly inland floodingLow
Eddymostly inland floodingLow
Island Lakemostly inland floodingLow
Falkmostly inland floodingLow
Popplemostly inland floodingVery low
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. Popple covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Popple’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Popple. 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 Popple total about $777K 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.

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