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Natural hazards · Wanamingo

Wanamingo, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wanamingo comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Wanamingo?

61
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wanamingo to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes19%Strong wind10%Cold waves6%Hail6%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Wanamingo faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 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 Wanamingo flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Wanamingo isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Goodhue County.
Disasters that hit Wanamingo

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WanamingoDeclared for Goodhue County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $8K aid approved $21K to the City of Wanamingo for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$48K to the City of Wanamingo for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$221K to the City of Wanamingo for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$9K to the City of Wanamingo for repairs
Goodhue County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Wanamingo

Wanamingo and the towns around it

Minneola: High, mostly inland floodingWanamingo: Moderate, mostly inland floodingZumbrota: High, mostly inland floodingZumbrota: High, mostly inland floodingBelle Creek: High, mostly inland floodingRoscoe: High, mostly inland floodingHolden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCherry Grove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLeon: High, mostly inland floodingWanamingo: High, mostly inland flooding WanamingoMinneolaWanamingo
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Wanamingomostly inland floodingHigh
Minneolamostly inland floodingHigh
Wanamingomostly 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. Wanamingo 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 Wanamingo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wanamingo. 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.

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