Natural hazards · Slater

Slater, MN natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Slater to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves28%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Slater faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 times a year 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 Slater flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cass County.

Disasters that hit Slater

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SlaterDeclared for Cass County only

1999

Severe Storms, Winds, and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Slater for repairs

Cass County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Slater

Slater and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Slatermostly inland floodingLow

Remermostly inland floodingLow

Salemmostly inland floodingLow

Rogersmostly inland floodingLow

Remermostly 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. Slater covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Slater’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Slater. 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 Slater total about $920K 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.