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Natural hazards · Riceville

Riceville, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Riceville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Riceville?

46
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Riceville to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes9%Cold waves7%Everything else19%
By hazard

What Riceville faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Riceville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Riceville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Becker County.
Disasters that hit Riceville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RicevilleDeclared for Becker County only
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Township of Riceville for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Riceville for repairs
2006

Flooding

$18K to the Township of Riceville for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$26K to the Township of Riceville for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the Township of Riceville for repairs
Becker County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Riceville

Riceville and the towns around it

Atlanta: Low, mostly inland floodingSpring Creek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCallaway: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHamden: Very low, mostly inland floodingCuba: Low, mostly inland floodingGoose Prairie: High, mostly inland floodingWalworth: Low, mostly inland floodingWhite Earth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPopple Grove: Very low, mostly inland floodingOgema: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFlom: Moderate, mostly cold wavesRichwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingCallaway: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSugar Bush: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAudubon: Very low, mostly inland floodingLake Park: Low, mostly inland floodingHighland Grove: High, mostly inland floodingEglon: Very high, mostly inland floodingRiceville: Moderate, mostly inland flooding RicevilleAtlantaSpring CreekCallawayHamdenCuba
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Ricevillemostly inland floodingModerate
Spring Creekmostly inland floodingModerate
Callawaymostly inland floodingModerate
Atlantamostly inland floodingLow
Cubamostly inland floodingLow
Hamdenmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Riceville 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 Riceville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Riceville. 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.

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