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Vasa, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vasa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1993. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Vasa?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vasa to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes19%Strong wind11%Hail8%Cold waves6%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Vasa faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 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 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% 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 Vasa flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Vasa, from FEMA’s records.

8paid claims since 1993
$55Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19932026

Biggest named events

  • June Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $15K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Vasa 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 Vasa

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VasaDeclared for Goodhue County only
2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$100K to the Township of Vasa for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Vasa for repairs
Goodhue County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Vasa

Vasa and the towns around it

Welch: High, mostly inland floodingCannon Falls: High, mostly inland floodingFeatherstone: High, mostly inland floodingBelle Creek: High, mostly inland floodingDouglas: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRavenna: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRed Wing: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOak Grove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDiamond Bluff: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCannon Falls: High, mostly inland floodingStanton: High, mostly inland floodingLeon: High, mostly inland floodingGoodhue: High, mostly inland floodingHay Creek: High, mostly inland floodingMinneola: High, mostly inland floodingHampton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarshan: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVasa: High, mostly inland flooding VasaWelchCannon FallsFeatherstoneBelle CreekDouglas
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cannon Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh
Vasamostly inland floodingHigh
Welchmostly inland floodingHigh
Featherstonemostly inland floodingHigh
Belle Creekmostly inland floodingHigh
Douglasmostly 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. Vasa covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vasa’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Vasa. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Vasa total about $2.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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