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Natural hazards · Skelton

Skelton, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Skelton comes from cold waves, 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 Skelton?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Skelton to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves56%Inland flooding34%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Skelton faces

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

Cold waves

56% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Skelton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Skelton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Carlton County.
Disasters that hit Skelton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SkeltonDeclared for Carlton County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Skelton for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$372K to the Township of Skelton for repairs
Carlton County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Skelton

Skelton and the towns around it

Kalevala: Low, mostly cold wavesMahtowa: Moderate, mostly cold wavesBarnum: Moderate, mostly cold wavesSilver: Low, mostly cold wavesEagle: Low, mostly cold wavesAutomba: Low, mostly cold wavesAtkinson: Moderate, mostly cold wavesBlackhoof: Low, mostly cold wavesBarnum: Moderate, mostly cold wavesSkelton: Low, mostly cold waves SkeltonKalevalaMahtowaBarnum
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mahtowamostly cold wavesModerate
Barnummostly cold wavesModerate
Skeltonmostly cold wavesLow
Kalevalamostly cold wavesLow
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. Skelton 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 Skelton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Skelton. 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.

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