Natural hazards · Walker

Walker, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Walker?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walker to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves28%Tornadoes7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Walker faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Walker flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cass County.

Disasters that hit Walker

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WalkerDeclared for Cass County only

1999

Severe Storms, Winds, and Flooding

$36K to the City of Walker for repairs

Cass County has had 11 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. Walker 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 Walker’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Walker. 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.