Natural hazards · Red Rock

Red Rock, MN natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Red Rock?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Red Rock to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes14%Drought12%Hail6%Cold waves5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Red Rock faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Rock flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mower County.

Disasters that hit Red Rock

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Red RockDeclared for Mower County only

Mower County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Red Rock

Red Rock and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Austinmostly inland floodingVery high

Red Rockmostly inland floodingHigh

Windommostly inland floodingHigh

Dextermostly inland floodingHigh

Walthammostly inland floodingHigh

Lansingmostly inland floodingModerate

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 Rock 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 Rock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Red Rock. 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.