Natural hazards · Charlevoix

Charlevoix, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Charlevoix comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Charlevoix?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Charlevoix to be higher than in 1% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves40%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Charlevoix faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Charlevoix flood?

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

1paid claims since 2018

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Charlevoix County.

Disasters that hit Charlevoix

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into CharlevoixDeclared for Charlevoix County only

Charlevoix County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and ice storms.

Around Charlevoix

Charlevoix and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Evelinemostly inland floodingVery low

Charlevoixmostly inland floodingVery low

Hayesmostly inland floodingVery low

Marionmostly cold wavesVery low

Norwoodmostly cold wavesVery 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. Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Charlevoix. 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.