Natural hazards · Burleigh

Burleigh, MI natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burleigh to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding53%Cold waves18%Tornadoes9%Strong wind7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Burleigh 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

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 47 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 Burleigh flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Iosco County.

Disasters that hit Burleigh

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurleighDeclared for Iosco County only

Iosco County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Burleigh

Burleigh and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Richlandmostly inland floodingLow

Shermanmostly inland floodingLow

Masonmostly inland floodingVery low

Burleighmostly inland floodingVery low

Renomostly 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. Burleigh covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Burleigh’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Burleigh. 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 Burleigh total about $883K 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.