Natural hazards · Bark River

Bark River, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bark River comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bark River?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bark River to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding52%Cold waves33%Hail6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Bark River faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

HurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bark River flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Delta County.

Disasters that hit Bark River

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Bark RiverDeclared for Delta County only

Delta County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and freezes.

Around Bark River

Bark River and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bark Rivermostly inland floodingLow

Ford Rivermostly inland floodingLow

Wellsmostly inland floodingVery low

Escanabamostly inland floodingVery low

Harrismostly cold wavesVery 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. Bark River 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 Bark River’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Bark River. 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.