Natural hazards · Wayzata

Wayzata, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wayzata comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1987. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wayzata?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wayzata to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes20%Cold waves20%Hail9%Heat waves8%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Wayzata faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Wayzata flood?

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

10paid claims since 1987

$132Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19872026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 1 claim, $8K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hennepin County.

Disasters that hit Wayzata

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WayzataDeclared for Hennepin County only

2014

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$15K to the City of Wayzata for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$81K to the City of Wayzata for repairs

Hennepin County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Wayzata

Wayzata and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Woodlandmostly inland floodingLow

Deephavenmostly inland floodingLow

Plymouthmostly inland floodingLow

Minnetonkamostly inland floodingLow

Oronomostly inland floodingLow

Wayzatamostly inland floodingVery low

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. Wayzata covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wayzata’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wayzata. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Wayzata total about $1.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.