Natural hazards · Au Gres

Au Gres, MI natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding67%Cold waves14%Strong wind6%Tornadoes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Au Gres 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

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 44 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Au Gres flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Arenac County.

Disasters that hit Au Gres

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Au Gres itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Au Gres.

Brought FEMA money into Au GresDeclared for Arenac County only

2020

Severe Storms and Flooding

78 households applied for aid $189K aid approved

1999

Mi - Severe Weather 1/2 /99

$1K to the City of Au Gres for repairs

Arenac County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Au Gres

Au Gres and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Au Gresmostly inland floodingLow

Simsmostly 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. Au Gres 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 Au Gres’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Au Gres. 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.