Natural hazards · Cannon

Cannon, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cannon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2026.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cannon?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cannon to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes19%Strong wind7%Cold waves6%Heat waves5%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Cannon 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

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Cannon flood?

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

1paid claims since 2026

$35Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20262026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kent County.

Disasters that hit Cannon

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into CannonDeclared for Kent County only

Kent County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Cannon

Cannon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Plainfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Adamostly inland floodingLow

Rockfordmostly inland floodingLow

Courtlandmostly inland floodingLow

Cannonmostly inland floodingVery low

Grattanmostly 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. Cannon covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cannon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Cannon. 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 Cannon total about $3.2M 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.