Natural hazards · Brockway

Brockway, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brockway 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 Brockway?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding60%Cold waves20%Tornadoes12%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Brockway faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 48 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Brockway flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Clair County.

Disasters that hit Brockway

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrockwayDeclared for St. Clair County only

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

St. Clair County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Brockway

Brockway and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brockwaymostly inland floodingModerate

Lynnmostly inland floodingModerate

Speakermostly cold wavesModerate

Maple Valleymostly cold wavesLow

Emmettmostly inland floodingLow

Greenwoodmostly 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. Brockway 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 Brockway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Brockway. 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.