Natural hazards · Brooks

Brooks, MN natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brooks to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding48%Drought21%Cold waves17%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Brooks faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 21 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 Brooks flood?

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

Disasters that hit Brooks

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrooksDeclared for Red Lake County only

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$975 to the City of Brooks for repairs

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

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