Natural hazards · Eagle River

Eagle River, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eagle River 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 River?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eagle River to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Cold waves10%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Eagle River faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

HurricanesEarthquakesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 River flood?

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

Disasters that hit Eagle River

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Eagle RiverDeclared for Keweenaw County only

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

Around Eagle River

Eagle River and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Eagle Rivermostly inland floodingVery low

Allouezmostly inland floodingVery low

Houghtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Eagle Harbormostly 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 River 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 Eagle River’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Eagle River. 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.