Natural hazards · Dickson

Dickson, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dickson 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 Dickson?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dickson to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding60%Cold waves21%Lightning7%Winter weather5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Dickson faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Winter weather

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 28 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Dickson flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Manistee County.

Disasters that hit Dickson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into DicksonDeclared for Manistee County only

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

Around Dickson

Dickson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Dicksonmostly inland floodingLow

Brownmostly inland floodingLow

Maple Grovemostly inland floodingLow

Marillamostly inland floodingLow

Normanmostly inland floodingLow

Slaglemostly 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. Dickson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dickson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Dickson. 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 Dickson total about $1.1M 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.