Natural hazards · Viding

Viding, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Viding comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Viding?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Viding to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Cold waves11%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Viding faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 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 Viding flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clay County.

Disasters that hit Viding

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VidingDeclared for Clay County only

2010

Flooding

$842 to the Township of Viding for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Township of Viding for repairs

Clay County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Viding

Viding and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Vidingmostly inland floodingVery high

Morkenmostly inland floodingVery high

Georgetownmostly inland floodingVery high

Feltonmostly inland floodingHigh

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