Natural hazards · Robbinsdale

Robbinsdale, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Robbinsdale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2000.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Robbinsdale?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Robbinsdale to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding53%Cold waves21%Tornadoes12%Heat waves8%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Robbinsdale faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Robbinsdale flood?

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

4paid claims since 2000

$11Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20002026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hennepin County.

Disasters that hit Robbinsdale

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RobbinsdaleDeclared for Hennepin County only

Hennepin County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Robbinsdale

Robbinsdale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brooklyn Centermostly inland floodingHigh

Robbinsdalemostly inland floodingHigh

Crystalmostly inland floodingModerate

Golden Valleymostly inland floodingLow

Minneapolismostly 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. Robbinsdale covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Robbinsdale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Robbinsdale. 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 Robbinsdale total about $5.6M 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.