Natural hazards · Wing River

Wing River, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wing River comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2009. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wing River?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding58%Cold waves11%Tornadoes8%Drought8%Strong wind6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Wing River faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Wing River flood?

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

4paid claims since 2009

$26Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

Biggest named events

Winter storm: 2 claims, $15K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wadena County.

Disasters that hit Wing River

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Wing RiverDeclared for Wadena County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Township of Wing River for repairs

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

Around Wing River

Wing River and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wing Rivermostly inland floodingModerate

Aldrichmostly inland floodingModerate

Leaf Rivermostly inland floodingModerate

North Germanymostly inland floodingModerate

Thomastownmostly 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. Wing River covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wing River’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Wing River. 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 Wing River total about $2.2M 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.