Natural hazards · Sunrise

Sunrise, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sunrise comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sunrise?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sunrise to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Tornadoes10%Cold waves8%Strong wind6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Sunrise faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 27 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% 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 Sunrise flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chisago County.

Disasters that hit Sunrise

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SunriseDeclared for Chisago County only

2011

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$5K to the Township of Sunrise for repairs

Chisago County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Sunrise

Sunrise and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sunrisemostly inland floodingHigh

Harrismostly inland floodingHigh

Rushsebamostly inland floodingModerate

Amadormostly inland floodingModerate

Chisago Lakemostly inland floodingLow

Sterlingmostly inland floodingLow

North Branchmostly inland floodingLow

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. Sunrise covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sunrise’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sunrise. 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 Sunrise total about $2.4M 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.