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Natural hazards · St. Leo

St. Leo, MN natural hazards

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

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

How exposed is St. Leo?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in St. Leo to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding33%Heat waves28%Cold waves14%Tornadoes6%Drought6%Strong wind6%Everything else7%
By hazard

What St. Leo 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
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

28% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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. Leo flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. St. Leo isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Yellow Medicine County.
Disasters that hit St. Leo

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Yellow Medicine County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching St. Leo itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into St. LeoDeclared for Yellow Medicine County only
Yellow Medicine County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around St. Leo

St. Leo and the towns around it

Burton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOmro: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEidsvold: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWergeland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSwede Prairie: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOshkosh: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMaxwell: High, mostly inland floodingTyro: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSt. Leo: Moderate, mostly inland flooding St. LeoBurtonOmro
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
St. Leomostly inland floodingModerate
Burtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Omromostly inland floodingModerate
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. Leo 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 St. Leo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of St. Leo. 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.

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