Natural hazards · Winfield

Winfield, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Winfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Winfield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Winfield to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves15%Drought11%Strong wind9%Hail8%Tornadoes7%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Winfield 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 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years 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 Winfield flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Renville County.

Disasters that hit Winfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WinfieldDeclared for Renville County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Township of Winfield for repairs

Renville County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Winfield

Winfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Winfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Crooksmostly inland floodingModerate

Kingmanmostly inland floodingLow

Troymostly inland floodingLow

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