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Natural hazards · Riceland

Riceland, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Riceland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2023. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Riceland?

59
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Riceland to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding42%Drought19%Tornadoes16%Cold waves8%Strong wind8%Hail5%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Riceland faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

19% of expected damage
Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Riceland flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Riceland, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2023
$7Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20232026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Riceland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Freeborn County.
Disasters that hit Riceland

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RicelandDeclared for Freeborn County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Riceland for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$14K to the Township of Riceland for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$46K to the Township of Riceland for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Riceland for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$16K to the Township of Riceland for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Township of Riceland for repairs
Freeborn County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Riceland

Riceland and the towns around it

Hollandale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHayward: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMoscow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGeneva: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBancroft: Low, mostly inland floodingAlbert Lea: Low, mostly inland floodingShell Rock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGlenville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOakland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFreeman: Low, mostly inland floodingLansing: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewry: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBath: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlbert Lea: Low, mostly inland floodingClarks Grove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingManchester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRiceland: Moderate, mostly inland flooding RicelandHollandaleHaywardMoscowGenevaBancroft
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Ricelandmostly inland floodingModerate
Hollandalemostly inland floodingModerate
Moscowmostly inland floodingModerate
Genevamostly inland floodingModerate
Haywardmostly inland floodingModerate
Bancroftmostly 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. Riceland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Riceland’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Riceland. 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 Riceland 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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