Minnesota

Natural Disaster Risk by County

Counties
87
All ranked by NRI score
State Avg. Score
42.4
Medium risk
Total State EAL
$2.58B
Expected annual losses
Highest Risk
Hennepin
Score 98.3 · High

County Rankings

#CountyRisk ScoreRisk RatingTop HazardAnn. Loss
1Hennepin County
98.3
High Cold Wave$456M
2Ramsey County
94.6
High Cold Wave$181M
3St. Louis County
91.6
Medium Cold Wave$112M
4Dakota County
89.5
Medium Strong Wind$134M
5Anoka County
88.0
Medium Strong Wind$127M
6Stearns County
87.6
Medium Strong Wind$79M
7Washington County
83.9
Medium Strong Wind$93M
8Olmsted County
82.3
Medium Cold Wave$94M
9Otter Tail County
79.4
Low Winter Weather$38M
10Crow Wing County
77.5
Low Cold Wave$39M
11Itasca County
76.7
Low Cold Wave$31M
12Scott County
76.6
Low Strong Wind$66M
13Rice County
75.4
Low Strong Wind$37M
14Clay County
73.7
Low Winter Weather$42M
15Blue Earth County
72.2
Low Strong Wind$33M
16Carlton County
70.1
Low Cold Wave$32M
17Winona County
69.5
Low Landslide$31M
18Wright County
68.4
Low Strong Wind$51M
19Mower County
67.3
Low Drought$27M
20Polk County
67.0
Low Winter Weather$27M
21Morrison County
66.9
Low Lightning$30M
22Pine County
62.2
Low Cold Wave$22M
23Beltrami County
60.6
Low Winter Weather$20M
24Carver County
59.7
Low Strong Wind$41M
25Aitkin County
56.6
Low Cold Wave$15M
26Sherburne County
53.6
Low Strong Wind$31M
27Cass County
53.5
Low Cold Wave$14M
28Kandiyohi County
51.4
Low Strong Wind$18M
29Benton County
51.3
Low Hail$18M
30Freeborn County
51.0
Low Drought$17M
31Brown County
50.4
Low Cold Wave$24M
32Nobles County
50.2
Low Hail$13M
33Fillmore County
49.8
Low Landslide$17M
34Pennington County
47.0
Low Wildfire$18M
35McLeod County
46.6
Low Strong Wind$17M
36Faribault County
45.5
Low Drought$13M
37Martin County
45.5
Low Winter Weather$13M
38Wabasha County
45.5
Low Landslide$18M
39Nicollet County
45.4
Low Strong Wind$18M
40Chisago County
44.5
Low Strong Wind$23M
41Douglas County
44.3
Low Winter Weather$16M
42Roseau County
43.9
Low Wildfire$16M
43Lyon County
43.5
Low Winter Weather$21M
44Goodhue County
43.3
Low Strong Wind$26M
45Renville County
38.5
Very Low Drought$12M
46Todd County
37.7
Very Low Wildfire$11M
47Becker County
37.4
Very Low Winter Weather$12M
48Steele County
37.2
Very Low Strong Wind$22M
49Chippewa County
37.0
Very Low Winter Weather$10M
50Hubbard County
35.2
Very Low Landslide$11M
51Redwood County
35.1
Very Low Winter Weather$12M
52Lake County
33.9
Very Low Strong Wind$11M
53Koochiching County
31.5
Very Low Cold Wave$9M
54Yellow Medicine County
30.0
Very Low Heat Wave$10M
55Houston County
29.5
Very Low Landslide$14M
56Mille Lacs County
28.5
Very Low Wildfire$11M
57Cottonwood County
27.7
Very Low Winter Weather$9M
58Meeker County
27.0
Very Low Hail$12M
59Isanti County
26.9
Very Low Wildfire$15M
60Swift County
25.1
Very Low Winter Weather$8M
61Waseca County
24.7
Very Low Drought$9M
62Watonwan County
23.9
Very Low Winter Weather$8M
63Marshall County
23.6
Very Low Drought$9M
64Sibley County
23.0
Very Low Strong Wind$13M
65Le Sueur County
22.8
Very Low Strong Wind$14M
66Jackson County
22.4
Very Low Winter Weather$10M
67Kanabec County
21.3
Very Low Cold Wave$9M
68Pope County
20.5
Very Low Winter Weather$8M
69Murray County
19.8
Very Low Drought$7M
70Lac qui Parle County
18.8
Very Low Cold Wave$7M
71Lincoln County
18.2
Very Low Hail$7M
72Pipestone County
14.7
Very Low Winter Weather$8M
73Norman County
14.4
Very Low Drought$6M
74Dodge County
14.2
Very Low Drought$10M
75Wadena County
12.9
Very Low Wildfire$5M
76Cook County
11.2
Very Low Wildfire$4M
77Rock County
9.4
Very Low Hail$7M
78Big Stone County
8.5
Very Low Cold Wave$4M
79Mahnomen County
7.1
Very Low Drought$2M
80Stevens County
7.0
Very Low Winter Weather$6M
81Traverse County
6.2
Very Low Hail$4M
82Wilkin County
5.3
Very Low Winter Weather$5M
83Kittson County
4.8
Very Low Wildfire$6M
84Clearwater County
4.2
Very Low Wildfire$3M
85Lake of the Woods County
3.5
Very Low Wildfire$5M
86Grant County
3.0
Very Low Winter Weather$4M
87Red Lake County
2.2
Very Low Drought$3M

All 87 Minnesota counties, ranked by FEMA National Risk Index score.