Natural hazards · Eastpointe

Eastpointe, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eastpointe comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eastpointe?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eastpointe to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding38%Tornadoes29%Cold waves23%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Eastpointe faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Cold waves

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

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 Eastpointe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Macomb County.

Disasters that hit Eastpointe

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Eastpointe itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Eastpointe.

Brought FEMA money into EastpointeDeclared for Macomb County only

2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2,939 households applied for aid $8.1M aid approved

2021

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

908 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

1,430 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $57K to the City of Eastpointe for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

148 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2000

Snow

$13K to the City of Eastpointe for repairs

1999

Mi - Severe Weather 1/2 /99

$21K to the City of Eastpointe for repairs

Macomb County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Eastpointe

Eastpointe and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Harper Woodsmostly inland floodingVery high

St. Clair Shoresmostly inland floodingModerate

Warrenmostly inland floodingLow

Rosevillemostly inland floodingLow

Eastpointemostly inland floodingLow

Detroitmostly 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. Eastpointe covers 10 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eastpointe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eastpointe. 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 Eastpointe total about $6.9M 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.