Natural hazards · Eagle Harbor

Eagle Harbor, MI natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eagle Harbor?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eagle Harbor to be higher than in 0% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding95%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Eagle Harbor faces

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

Inland flooding

95% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

HurricanesEarthquakesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Eagle Harbor flood?

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

Disasters that hit Eagle Harbor

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Eagle HarborDeclared for Keweenaw County only

Keweenaw County has had 3 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Eagle Harbor

Eagle Harbor and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Grantmostly inland floodingVery low

Shermanmostly inland floodingVery low

Eagle Harbormostly inland floodingVery low

Houghtonmostly 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. Eagle Harbor covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eagle Harbor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Eagle Harbor. 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 Eagle Harbor total about $4K 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.