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Natural hazards · Morris

Morris, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Morris comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Morris?

22
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Morris to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding37%Cold waves35%Tornadoes10%Strong wind7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Morris faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

35% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 44 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Morris flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Morris isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Stevens County.
Disasters that hit Morris

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorrisDeclared for Stevens County only
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$904 to the Township of Morris for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Morris for repairs
2010

Flooding

$3K to the Township of Morris for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Morris for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$9K to the Township of Morris for repairs
Stevens County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Morris

Morris and the towns around it

Morris: Low, mostly inland floodingRendsville: Low, mostly inland floodingFramnas: Low, mostly inland floodingPepperton: Low, mostly inland floodingDarnen: Very low, mostly inland floodingDonnelly: Low, mostly inland floodingRoseville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDonnelly: Low, mostly inland floodingSwan Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Prairie: High, mostly inland floodingHodges: Very low, mostly inland floodingEverglade: Low, mostly inland floodingEldorado: Low, mostly inland floodingScott: Low, mostly inland floodingHorton: Very low, mostly inland floodingMorris: Low, mostly inland flooding MorrisMorrisRendsvilleFramnasPeppertonDarnen
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Rendsvillemostly inland floodingLow
Framnasmostly inland floodingLow
Peppertonmostly inland floodingLow
Morrismostly inland floodingLow
Morrismostly inland floodingLow
Darnenmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Morris covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Morris’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Morris. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Morris total about $2.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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