Natural hazards · Warren

Warren, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warren comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 501 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Warren?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Warren to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding57%Cold waves21%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Warren faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 22 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 Warren flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Warren, from FEMA’s records.

501paid claims since 1978

$2.3Mpaid to owners

74homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 98 claims, $290K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (17) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marshall County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1buildings floodproofed

Disasters that hit Warren

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WarrenDeclared for Marshall County only

2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$23K to the City of Warren for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2006

Flooding

$5K to the City of Warren for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$10K to the City of Warren for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$104K to the City of Warren for repairs

1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$11K to the City of Warren for repairs

Marshall County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Warren

Warren and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Warrenmostly inland floodingModerate

Warrentonmostly inland floodingModerate

McCreamostly inland floodingModerate

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