Natural hazards · Barton Hills

Barton Hills, MI natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barton Hills?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barton Hills to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes23%Strong wind8%Cold waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Barton Hills faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Barton Hills flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washtenaw County.

Disasters that hit Barton Hills

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Barton HillsDeclared for Washtenaw County only

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

Around Barton Hills

Barton Hills and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ann Arbormostly inland floodingVery low

Barton Hillsmostly 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. Barton Hills 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 Barton Hills’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Barton Hills. 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.