Natural hazards · Sumner

Sumner, MN natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sumner to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes14%Cold waves14%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Sumner faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Sumner flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fillmore County.

Disasters that hit Sumner

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SumnerDeclared for Fillmore County only

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

Around Sumner

Sumner and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Spring Valleymostly inland floodingModerate

Sumnermostly inland floodingModerate

Jordanmostly inland floodingModerate

Racinemostly inland floodingModerate

High Forestmostly inland floodingLow

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