Natural hazards · Greenbush

Greenbush, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenbush 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 Greenbush?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenbush to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding49%Wildfire19%Drought17%Cold waves9%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Greenbush faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Greenbush flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Roseau County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Greenbush

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenbushDeclared for Roseau County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the City of Greenbush for repairs

Roseau County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Greenbush

Greenbush and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greenbushmostly inland floodingHigh

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