Natural hazards · Wykeham

Wykeham, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wykeham comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wykeham?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wykeham to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Cold waves9%Tornadoes8%Strong wind8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Wykeham faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Wykeham flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Todd County.

Disasters that hit Wykeham

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WykehamDeclared for Todd County only

2014

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

$17K to the Township of Wykeham for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$10K to the Township of Wykeham for repairs

Todd County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Wykeham

Wykeham and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Berthamostly inland floodingLow

Wykehammostly inland floodingLow

Eagle Bendmostly inland floodingLow

Burleenemostly inland floodingLow

Eagle Valleymostly inland floodingLow

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