Natural hazards · Britton

Britton, MI natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Britton to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes15%Cold waves15%Strong wind7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Britton 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

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% 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 Britton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lenawee County.

Disasters that hit Britton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrittonDeclared for Lenawee County only

1999

Mi - Severe Weather 1/2 /99

$1K to the Village of Britton for repairs

Lenawee County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

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