Natural hazards · Attica

Attica, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Attica comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Attica?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Attica to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes19%Cold waves18%Strong wind8%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Attica 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

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 74 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 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 Attica flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Attica 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 Attica

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AtticaDeclared for Lapeer County only

2000

Snow

$1K to the Township of Attica for repairs

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

Around Attica

Attica and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Imlaymostly inland floodingLow

Atticamostly inland floodingLow

Drydenmostly inland floodingLow

Lapeermostly inland floodingLow

Arcadiamostly 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. Attica covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Attica’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Attica. 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 Attica total about $1.5M 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.