Natural hazards · Denton

Denton, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Denton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2019.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Denton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Denton to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Cold waves12%Tornadoes8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Denton faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Denton flood?

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

2paid claims since 2019

$24Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20192026

Biggest named events

2026-04-Flooding: 1 claim, $8K

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. Denton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Roscommon County.

Disasters that hit Denton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into DentonDeclared for Roscommon County only

Roscommon County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Denton

Denton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Backusmostly inland floodingModerate

Markeymostly inland floodingModerate

Roscommonmostly inland floodingLow

Dentonmostly 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. Denton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Denton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Denton. 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 Denton total about $405K 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.