Natural hazards · Poplar Grove

Poplar Grove, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Poplar Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Poplar Grove?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Poplar Grove 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 Poplar Grove

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Poplar GroveDeclared for Roseau County only

2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$50K to the Township of Poplar Grove for repairs

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Poplar Grove for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Township of Poplar Grove for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$51K to the Township of Poplar Grove for repairs

2006

Flooding

$27K to the Township of Poplar Grove for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$38K to the Township of Poplar Grove for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$3K to the Township of Poplar Grove for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Poplar Grove for repairs

1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$12K to the Township of Poplar Grove for repairs

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

Around Poplar Grove

Poplar Grove and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Thief Lakemostly droughtHigh

Poplar Grovemostly inland floodingHigh

Palmvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Neresonmostly inland floodingHigh

Hussmostly 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. Poplar Grove 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 Poplar Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Poplar Grove. 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.