Natural hazards · Buckley

Buckley, MI natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckley to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves25%Winter weather5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Buckley faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Winter weather

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 27 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsHeat 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 Buckley flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wexford County.

Disasters that hit Buckley

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BuckleyDeclared for Wexford County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

Wexford County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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