Natural hazards · Carson

Carson, MI natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carson to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes22%Strong wind19%Cold waves10%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Carson faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 26 years in the area

Strong wind

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% 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 Carson flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montcalm County.

Disasters that hit Carson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CarsonDeclared for Montcalm County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

Montcalm County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Carson

Carson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Carson Citymostly inland floodingLow

Bloomermostly inland floodingLow

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