Natural hazards · Stark

Stark, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stark 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 Stark?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stark to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding37%Cold waves31%Tornadoes10%Strong wind7%Drought7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Stark faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Stark flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

Disasters that hit Stark

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into StarkDeclared for Brown County only

Brown County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Stark

Stark and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Starkmostly inland floodingModerate

Sigelmostly inland floodingModerate

Albinmostly inland floodingModerate

Leavenworthmostly cold wavesLow

Homemostly cold wavesLow

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