Natural hazards · DeWitt

DeWitt, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in DeWitt comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is DeWitt?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in DeWitt to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes24%Strong wind14%Cold waves11%Everything else6%

By hazard

What DeWitt faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% 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 DeWitt flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clinton County.

Disasters that hit DeWitt

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into DeWittDeclared for Clinton County only

Clinton County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around DeWitt

DeWitt and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Olivemostly inland floodingModerate

Lansingmostly inland floodingLow

East Lansingmostly inland floodingLow

Watertownmostly inland floodingLow

Lansingmostly inland floodingLow

DeWittmostly inland floodingLow

Bathmostly 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. DeWitt covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to DeWitt’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of DeWitt. 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 DeWitt total about $4.3M 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.