Natural hazards · Shieldsville

Shieldsville, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shieldsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high 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 Shieldsville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shieldsville to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Tornadoes12%Strong wind7%Hail6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Shieldsville faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Shieldsville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rice County.

Disasters that hit Shieldsville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShieldsvilleDeclared for Rice County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$97K to the Township of Shieldsville for repairs

2014

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$121K to the Township of Shieldsville for repairs

Rice County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Shieldsville

Shieldsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Shieldsvillemostly inland floodingVery high

Wellsmostly inland floodingVery high

Morristownmostly inland floodingVery high

Erinmostly inland floodingModerate

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