Natural hazards · Sobieski

Sobieski, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sobieski comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sobieski?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sobieski to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Tornadoes7%Cold waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Sobieski faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Sobieski flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Sobieski isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Morrison County.

Disasters that hit Sobieski

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Morrison County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Sobieski itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into SobieskiDeclared for Morrison County only

Morrison County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Sobieski

Sobieski and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pike Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Sobieskimostly inland floodingHigh

Swan Rivermostly 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. Sobieski 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 Sobieski’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sobieski. 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.