Natural hazards · Silver Bay

Silver Bay, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Silver Bay comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Silver Bay?

22
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Cold waves47%Inland flooding26%Strong wind17%Lightning5%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Silver Bay faces

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

Cold waves

47% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

17% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesDrought

Not a risk here

HurricanesEarthquakesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Silver Bay flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Silver Bay itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Silver Bay.

Brought FEMA money into Silver BayDeclared for Lake County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $29K aid approved
2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the City of Silver Bay for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$96K to the City of Silver Bay for repairs
1999

Severe Storms, Winds, and Flooding

$2K to the City of Silver Bay for repairs
Lake County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Silver Bay

Silver Bay and the towns around it

Beaver Bay: High, mostly inland floodingSilver Creek: High, mostly inland floodingBeaver Bay: Low, mostly cold wavesStony River: High, mostly inland floodingCrystal Bay: High, mostly inland floodingSilver Bay: Low, mostly cold waves Silver BayBeaver Bay
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Beaver Baymostly inland floodingHigh
Silver Baymostly cold wavesLow
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. Silver Bay covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Silver Bay’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Silver Bay. 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 Silver Bay total about $2.0M 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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