Natural hazards · Solem

Solem, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Solem comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Solem?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Solem to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding51%Cold waves21%Tornadoes13%Strong wind7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Solem faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Solem flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Douglas County.

Disasters that hit Solem

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SolemDeclared for Douglas County only

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

Around Solem

Solem and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Noramostly inland floodingHigh

Landmostly inland floodingModerate

Solemmostly inland floodingLow

Urnessmostly inland floodingLow

Holmes Citymostly 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. Solem 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 Solem’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Solem. 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.