Natural hazards · Assyria

Assyria, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Assyria comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Assyria?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Assyria to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding59%Tornadoes19%Strong wind9%Cold waves5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Assyria faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 Assyria flood?

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

1paid claims since 1979

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barry County.

Disasters that hit Assyria

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into AssyriaDeclared for Barry County only

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

Around Assyria

Assyria and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bellevuemostly inland floodingLow

Assyriamostly inland floodingLow

Maple Grovemostly inland floodingLow

Johnstownmostly 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. Assyria covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Assyria’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Assyria. 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 Assyria total about $1.2M 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.