Natural hazards · Round Grove

Round Grove, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Round Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Round Grove?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Round Grove to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding40%Cold waves20%Tornadoes15%Strong wind10%Hail8%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Round Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Round Grove flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McLeod County.

Disasters that hit Round Grove

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Round GroveDeclared for McLeod County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Round Grove for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$6K to the Township of Round Grove for repairs

McLeod County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Round Grove

Round Grove and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Round Grovemostly inland floodingLow

Pennmostly inland floodingLow

Stewartmostly inland floodingLow

Collinsmostly inland floodingLow

Sumtermostly inland floodingLow

Graftonmostly inland floodingLow

Bismarckmostly 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. Round Grove 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 Round Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Round Grove. 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.