Natural hazards · Raymond

Raymond, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Raymond comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Raymond?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Raymond to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Tornadoes10%Cold waves6%Strong wind6%Hail5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Raymond faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Raymond flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stearns County.

Disasters that hit Raymond

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RaymondDeclared for Stearns County only

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$1K to the Township of Raymond for repairs

Stearns County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Raymond

Raymond and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Raymondmostly inland floodingModerate

Ashleymostly inland floodingModerate

Gettymostly inland floodingModerate

Grove Lakemostly inland floodingModerate

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