Natural hazards · Pierz

Pierz, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pierz comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pierz?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pierz to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Cold waves6%Tornadoes6%Lightning5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Pierz faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Pierz flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Morrison County.

Disasters that hit Pierz

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PierzDeclared for Morrison County only

2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$12K to the Township of Pierz for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Pierz for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$19K to the Township of Pierz for repairs

Morrison County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Pierz

Pierz and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pierzmostly inland floodingHigh

Genolamostly inland floodingHigh

Pierzmostly inland floodingHigh

Hillmanmostly inland floodingHigh

Buckmanmostly inland floodingHigh

Agrammostly 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. Pierz 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 Pierz’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Pierz. 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.