Natural hazards · Rheiderland

Rheiderland, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rheiderland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rheiderland?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rheiderland to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves15%Tornadoes8%Heat waves7%Strong wind5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Rheiderland faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Rheiderland flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chippewa County.

Disasters that hit Rheiderland

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RheiderlandDeclared for Chippewa County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$97K to the Township of Rheiderland for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$851 to the Township of Rheiderland for repairs

Chippewa County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Rheiderland

Rheiderland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rheiderlandmostly inland floodingHigh

Clara Citymostly inland floodingHigh

Lone Treemostly inland floodingHigh

Stonehammostly inland floodingHigh

Ericsonmostly inland floodingModerate

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