Natural hazards · Walters

Walters, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walters comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Walters?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walters to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding39%Drought22%Cold waves12%Tornadoes11%Strong wind8%Hail5%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Walters faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

22% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Walters flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Faribault County.

Disasters that hit Walters

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaltersDeclared for Faribault County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

Faribault County has had 20 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. Walters 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 Walters’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Walters. 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.

Walters, MN natural hazards

How exposed is Walters?

What Walters faces

Inland flooding

Drought

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Walters flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

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