Natural hazards · Slayton

Slayton, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Slayton 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 Slayton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Slayton to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding40%Cold waves14%Tornadoes13%Drought9%Hail9%Strong wind6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Slayton faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Slayton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Murray County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Slayton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SlaytonDeclared for Murray County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

60 households applied for aid $245K aid approved

Murray County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Slayton 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 Slayton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Slayton. 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.