Natural hazards · Barry

Barry, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2020.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barry?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barry to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes22%Strong wind9%Cold waves7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Barry faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 86 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% 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 Barry flood?

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

1paid claims since 2020

$44Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20202026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Barry 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 Barry

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarryDeclared for Barry County only

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

Around Barry

Barry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rossmostly inland floodingLow

Johnstownmostly inland floodingLow

Hopemostly inland floodingVery low

Barrymostly inland floodingVery low

Prairievillemostly 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. Barry covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Barry. 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 Barry total about $897K 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.