Natural hazards · Vermillion

Vermillion, MN natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vermillion to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes18%Strong wind14%Hail8%Cold waves6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Vermillion faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% 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 Vermillion flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dakota County.

Disasters that hit Vermillion

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into VermillionDeclared for Dakota County only

Dakota County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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