Natural hazards · Stanton

Stanton, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stanton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stanton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stanton to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes17%Strong wind11%Hail8%Cold waves5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Stanton faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Stanton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Goodhue County.

Disasters that hit Stanton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StantonDeclared for Goodhue County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$29K to the Township of Stanton for repairs

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$19K to the Township of Stanton for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$35K to the Township of Stanton for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Stanton for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$3K to the Township of Stanton for repairs

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

Around Stanton

Stanton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cannon Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh

Stantonmostly inland floodingHigh

Cannon Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh

Warsawmostly inland floodingHigh

Randolphmostly inland floodingModerate

Sciotamostly 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. Stanton 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 Stanton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Stanton. 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.