Natural hazards · Ross

Ross, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ross comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ross?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ross to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves13%Drought12%Wildfire12%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Ross faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

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 Ross flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Ross 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 Ross

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RossDeclared for Roseau County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$29K to the Township of Ross for repairs

2006

Flooding

$10K to the Township of Ross for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$21K to the Township of Ross for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$4K to the Township of Ross for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Ross for repairs

1999

Severe Ice Storm and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Ross for repairs

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

Around Ross

Ross and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jadismostly inland floodingVery high

Rossmostly inland floodingHigh

Stokesmostly inland floodingHigh

Moosemostly inland floodingHigh

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