Natural hazards · Red Lake Falls

Red Lake Falls, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Red Lake Falls comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Red Lake Falls?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Red Lake Falls to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Cold waves14%Drought7%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Red Lake Falls faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Red Lake Falls flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Red Lake Falls.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Red Lake Falls

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Red Lake Falls itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Red Lake Falls.

Brought FEMA money into Red Lake FallsDeclared for Red Lake County only

2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$33K to the City of Red Lake Falls for repairs

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$3K to the City of Red Lake Falls for repairs

2010

Flooding

$86K to the City of Red Lake Falls for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$16K to the City of Red Lake Falls for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$66K to the City of Red Lake Falls for repairs

1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$64K to the City of Red Lake Falls for repairs

Red Lake County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Red Lake Falls 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 Red Lake Falls’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Red Lake Falls. 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.