Natural hazards · Reis

Reis, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Reis comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Reis?

84
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Reis to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves25%Drought8%Hail5%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Reis faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Reis flood?

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

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

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ReisDeclared for Polk County only
2022

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$30K to the Township of Reis for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Reis for repairs
2010

Flooding

$5K to the Township of Reis for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Reis for repairs
2006

Flooding

$8K to the Township of Reis for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$10K to the Township of Reis for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$6K to the Township of Reis for repairs
Polk County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Reis

Reis and the towns around it

Scandia: Very high, mostly inland floodingRussia: Very high, mostly inland floodingLiberty: High, mostly inland floodingLockhart: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHammond: Very high, mostly inland floodingHubbard: Very high, mostly inland floodingGood Hope: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFairfax: High, mostly inland floodingOnstad: High, mostly inland floodingGarfield: High, mostly inland floodingSpring Creek: Moderate, mostly cold wavesPleasant View: Moderate, mostly inland floodingReis: Very high, mostly inland flooding ReisScandiaRussiaLibertyLockhart
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Reismostly inland floodingVery high
Scandiamostly inland floodingVery high
Russiamostly inland floodingVery high
Libertymostly inland floodingHigh
Lockhartmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Reis 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 Reis’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Reis. 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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