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Natural hazards · Port Hope

Port Hope, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Port Hope comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Port Hope?

44
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding71%Cold waves14%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Port Hope faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Port Hope flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Port HopeDeclared for Beltrami County only
2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$28K to the Township of Port Hope for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Township of Port Hope for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Township of Port Hope for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$2K to the Township of Port Hope for repairs
1999

Severe Storms, Winds, and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Port Hope for repairs
Beltrami County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Port Hope

Port Hope and the towns around it

Turtle River: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTurtle River: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTurtle Lake: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTenstrike: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHagali: Very low, mostly inland floodingTaylor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorthern: High, mostly inland floodingSugar Bush: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFrohn: Low, mostly inland floodingBemidji: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTen Lake: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDurand: Very low, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHines: Very low, mostly inland floodingO'Brien: Very low, mostly inland floodingNebish: Very low, mostly inland floodingBirch: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPort Hope: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Port HopeTurtle RiverTurtle RiverTurtle LakeTenstrikeHagaliTaylor
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Port Hopemostly inland floodingModerate
Turtle Rivermostly inland floodingModerate
Turtle Rivermostly inland floodingModerate
Turtle Lakemostly inland floodingModerate
Tenstrikemostly inland floodingModerate
Taylormostly inland floodingModerate
Hagalimostly 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. Port Hope covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Port Hope’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Port Hope. 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 Port Hope total about $2.4M 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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