Natural hazards · Wheatland

Wheatland, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wheatland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wheatland?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wheatland to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes21%Strong wind12%Hail10%Cold waves9%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Wheatland faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 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 Wheatland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rice County.

Disasters that hit Wheatland

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WheatlandDeclared for Rice County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$82K to the Township of Wheatland for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$50K to the Township of Wheatland for repairs

2014

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

$26K to the Township of Wheatland for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Wheatland for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Wheatland for repairs

Rice County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Wheatland

Wheatland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Erinmostly inland floodingModerate

Cedar Lakemostly inland floodingModerate

Wheatlandmostly inland floodingModerate

Webstermostly inland floodingModerate

Lonsdalemostly inland floodingLow

Montgomerymostly inland floodingLow

Lanesburghmostly inland floodingLow

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. Wheatland 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 Wheatland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Wheatland. 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.