Natural hazards · Vega

Vega, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vega comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vega?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vega to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding57%Cold waves21%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Vega faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Vega flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marshall County.

Disasters that hit Vega

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VegaDeclared for Marshall County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$40K to the Township of Vega for repairs

2006

Flooding

$36K to the Township of Vega for repairs

1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$10K to the Township of Vega for repairs

Marshall County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Vega

Vega and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sandsvillemostly inland floodingVery high

Oak Parkmostly inland floodingHigh

Bloomermostly inland floodingHigh

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