Natural hazards · Sheridan

Sheridan, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sheridan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2010.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sheridan?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sheridan to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding38%Cold waves17%Hail10%Drought10%Strong wind7%Tornadoes7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Sheridan faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Sheridan flood?

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

1paid claims since 2010

$39Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Redwood County.

Disasters that hit Sheridan

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SheridanDeclared for Redwood County only

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

Around Sheridan

Sheridan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Redwood Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh

Vestamostly inland floodingHigh

Sheridanmostly inland floodingModerate

Vailmostly inland floodingModerate

Kintiremostly inland floodingModerate

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. Sheridan covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sheridan’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sheridan. 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 Sheridan 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.