Natural hazards · Sugar Bush

Sugar Bush, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sugar Bush comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1999. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sugar Bush?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sugar Bush to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes9%Cold waves7%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Sugar Bush faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Sugar Bush flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Sugar Bush, from FEMA’s records.

8paid claims since 1999

$76Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 1 claim, $2K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Becker County.

Disasters that hit Sugar Bush

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Sugar BushDeclared for Becker County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Sugar Bush for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Township of Sugar Bush for repairs

Becker County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Sugar Bush

Sugar Bush and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sugar Bushmostly inland floodingModerate

Round Lakemostly inland floodingModerate

Maple Grovemostly inland floodingModerate

Eagle Viewmostly inland floodingModerate

Callawaymostly inland floodingModerate

Holmesvillemostly inland floodingLow

Height of Landmostly inland floodingVery low

Richwoodmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Sugar Bush covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sugar Bush’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sugar Bush. 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 Sugar Bush total about $1.8M 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.