Natural hazards · St. Anthony

St. Anthony, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in St. Anthony comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 St. Anthony?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in St. Anthony to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding33%Cold waves29%Tornadoes18%Heat waves11%Hail7%Everything else3%

By hazard

What St. Anthony faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 St. Anthony flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hennepin County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit St. Anthony

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into St. AnthonyDeclared for Hennepin County only

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$1K to the City of St. Anthony for repairs

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

Around St. Anthony

St. Anthony and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Brightonmostly inland floodingLow

Minneapolismostly inland floodingLow

St. Anthonymostly inland floodingVery low

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. St. Anthony covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to St. Anthony’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of St. Anthony. 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 St. Anthony total about $2.6M 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.