Natural hazards · Arcadia

Arcadia, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arcadia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1994.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arcadia?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arcadia to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding49%Cold waves21%Tornadoes17%Strong wind8%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Arcadia faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 87 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Arcadia flood?

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

1paid claims since 1994

$19Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lapeer County.

Disasters that hit Arcadia

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArcadiaDeclared for Lapeer County only

Lapeer County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Arcadia

Arcadia and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Goodlandmostly inland floodingLow

Atticamostly inland floodingLow

Mayfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Arcadiamostly inland floodingLow

North Branchmostly 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. Arcadia covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Arcadia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Arcadia. 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 Arcadia total about $847K 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.