Natural hazards · Wylie

Wylie, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wylie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Wylie?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wylie to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Cold waves14%Drought7%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Wylie 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

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Wylie flood?

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

Disasters that hit Wylie

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WylieDeclared for Red Lake County only

2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$6K to the Township of Wylie for repairs

Red Lake County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Wylie

Wylie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Belgiummostly inland floodingVery high

Parnellmostly inland floodingVery high

Polk Centremostly inland floodingVery high

Wyliemostly inland floodingHigh

Louisvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Browns Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

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