Natural hazards · Burdell

Burdell, MI natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding47%Strong wind15%Cold waves15%Tornadoes10%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Burdell faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 34 years 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 Burdell flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Osceola County.

Disasters that hit Burdell

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurdellDeclared for Osceola County only

Osceola County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Burdell

Burdell and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Dovermostly inland floodingLow

Burdellmostly inland floodingVery low

Shermanmostly inland floodingVery low

Le Roymostly 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. Burdell covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Burdell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Burdell. 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 Burdell total about $996K 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.