Skree’s biggest natural hazard is inland flooding
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Skree comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1999. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
What stands out about Skree’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
Does Skree flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 1999
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Skree, from FEMA’s records.
Skree isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Clay County.How exposed is Skree?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.
Rated higher than 2,502 of the 2,631 Minnesota towns we cover.
Skree covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
What Skree faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Cold waves
Tornadoes
4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Skree
Disasters that paid out in Skree itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Township of Skree) and its biggest flood years.
- 2010Flooding$4K to the Township of Skree for repairs
- 2009Severe Storms and Flooding$9K to the Township of Skree for repairs
- 2006Flooding$9K to the Township of Skree for repairs
- 2001Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes$16K to the Township of Skree for repairs
Clay County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Old photos of Skree after a storm or flood belong in the town’s history. Add one, or share what you remember below.
Add to the Skree archive →Get ready for what Skree actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Let faucets drip so pipes don’t freeze.
- Know where your water shutoff is.
- Never heat the house with the oven or a grill.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Skree and its neighbors
Skree ranks 2nd calmest of 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its hazards.
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Most disasters here begin in March–April
The month each of Clay County’s 25 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Skree’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Skree.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Skree, expected losses total about $5.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Skree.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.