Natural hazards · Spang

Spang, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Spang comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Spang?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Spang to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves49%Inland flooding33%Strong wind8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Spang faces

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

Cold waves

49% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Spang flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Itasca County.

Disasters that hit Spang

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpangDeclared for Itasca County only

2018

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Spang for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$21K to the Township of Spang for repairs

Itasca County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Spang

Spang and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hill Lakemostly inland floodingHigh

Harrismostly cold wavesModerate

Spangmostly cold wavesModerate

Wildwoodmostly cold wavesModerate

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. Spang covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Spang’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Spang. 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 Spang total about $936K 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.