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Natural hazards · Grimstad

Grimstad, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grimstad comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Grimstad?

73
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grimstad 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 Grimstad 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 Grimstad flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Grimstad 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.
Disasters that hit Grimstad

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrimstadDeclared for Roseau County only
2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$12K to the Township of Grimstad for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Township of Grimstad for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$97K to the Township of Grimstad for repairs
2006

Flooding

$8K to the Township of Grimstad for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$10K to the Township of Grimstad for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$3K to the Township of Grimstad for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Township of Grimstad for repairs
1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$17K to the Township of Grimstad for repairs
Roseau County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Grimstad

Grimstad and the towns around it

Nereson: High, mostly inland floodingMickinock: High, mostly inland floodingPalmville: High, mostly inland floodingStafford: High, mostly inland floodingBarnett: High, mostly inland floodingStokes: High, mostly inland floodingPoplar Grove: High, mostly inland floodingBeaver: High, mostly inland floodingGolden Valley: High, mostly inland floodingMalung: High, mostly inland floodingReine: High, mostly inland floodingFalun: High, mostly inland floodingMoose River: High, mostly droughtJadis: Very high, mostly inland floodingGrimstad: High, mostly inland flooding GrimstadNeresonMickinockPalmvilleStafford
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mickinockmostly inland floodingHigh
Staffordmostly inland floodingHigh
Grimstadmostly inland floodingHigh
Neresonmostly inland floodingHigh
Palmvillemostly 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. Grimstad 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 Grimstad’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Grimstad. 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.

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