Natural hazards · Runeberg

Runeberg, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Runeberg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Runeberg?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Runeberg to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes8%Cold waves8%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Runeberg faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 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 Runeberg flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Runeberg 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 Runeberg

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RunebergDeclared for Becker County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Township of Runeberg for repairs

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

Around Runeberg

Runeberg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Runebergmostly inland floodingModerate

Green Valleymostly inland floodingModerate

Spruce Grovemostly inland floodingModerate

Blueberrymostly inland floodingModerate

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