Natural hazards · Bronson

Bronson, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bronson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1985.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bronson?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bronson to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes17%Cold waves10%Strong wind8%Hail6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Bronson faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 100 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 35 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bronson flood?

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

1paid claims since 1985

$326paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Branch County.

Disasters that hit Bronson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BronsonDeclared for Branch County only

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

Around Bronson

Bronson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mattesonmostly inland floodingModerate

Bethelmostly inland floodingLow

Bronsonmostly inland floodingLow

Noblemostly inland floodingLow

Burr Oakmostly 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. Bronson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bronson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Bronson. 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 Bronson total about $1.0M 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.