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Natural hazards · Canton

Canton, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Canton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Canton?

13
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canton to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves16%Tornadoes14%Heat waves9%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Canton faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Canton flood?

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

12paid claims since 1979
$378Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Canton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Wayne County.
Disasters that hit Canton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CantonDeclared for Wayne County only
2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1,078 households applied for aid $2.6M aid approved
2021

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

252 households applied for aid $219K aid approved
2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

165 households applied for aid $114K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

47 households applied for aid $24K aid approved
1999

Mi - Severe Weather 1/2 /99

$14K to the Township of Canton for repairs
Wayne County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Canton

Canton and the towns around it

Van Buren: Very low, mostly inland floodingPlymouth: Very low, mostly inland floodingSuperior: Low, mostly inland floodingWestland: Very low, mostly inland floodingYpsilanti: Low, mostly inland floodingRomulus: Very low, mostly inland floodingSumpter: Low, mostly inland floodingNorthville: Very low, mostly inland floodingLivonia: Very low, mostly inland floodingAnn Arbor: Very low, mostly inland floodingSalem: Very low, mostly inland floodingGarden City: Very low, mostly inland floodingWayne: Very low, mostly inland floodingInkster: Very low, mostly inland floodingDearborn Heights: Low, mostly inland floodingCanton: Very low, mostly inland flooding CantonVan BurenPlymouthSuperiorWestland
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Superiormostly inland floodingLow
Van Burenmostly inland floodingVery low
Cantonmostly inland floodingVery low
Westlandmostly inland floodingVery low
Plymouthmostly 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. Canton covers 23 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Canton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Canton. 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 Canton total about $20.5M 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.

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