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Natural hazards · Thompson

Thompson, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Thompson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Thompson?

79
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Thompson to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding48%Wildfire18%Cold waves14%Drought6%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Thompson faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Cold waves

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Thompson flood?

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

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

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ThompsonDeclared for Kittson County only
2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$24K to the Township of Thompson for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Thompson for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Thompson for repairs
2006

Flooding

$49K to the Township of Thompson for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$30K to the Township of Thompson for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$17K to the Township of Thompson for repairs
1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Thompson for repairs
Kittson County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Thompson

Thompson and the towns around it

Hallock: High, mostly inland floodingHazelton: High, mostly inland floodingGranville: High, mostly inland floodingHallock: High, mostly inland floodingHampden: High, mostly inland floodingLake Bronson: High, mostly inland floodingPoppleton: High, mostly inland floodingJupiter: High, mostly inland floodingPercy: High, mostly inland floodingRichardville: High, mostly inland floodingLancaster: High, mostly inland floodingThompson: High, mostly inland flooding ThompsonHallockHazeltonGranvilleHallock
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Thompsonmostly inland floodingHigh
Hazeltonmostly inland floodingHigh
Granvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Hallockmostly inland floodingHigh
Hallockmostly inland floodingHigh
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. Thompson 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 Thompson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Thompson. 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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