Natural hazards · Alanson

Alanson, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alanson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alanson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alanson to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding69%Cold waves26%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Alanson 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 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Alanson flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Emmet County.

Disasters that hit Alanson

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlansonDeclared for Emmet County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

49 households applied for aid $251K aid approved

2025

Severe Winter Storm

$55K to the Village of Alanson for repairs

Emmet County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and ice storms.

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. Alanson 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 Alanson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Alanson. 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.