Natural hazards · Flushing

Flushing, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Flushing comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1981. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Flushing?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Flushing to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes24%Cold waves19%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Flushing faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% 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 Flushing flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Flushing, from FEMA’s records.

5paid claims since 1981

$30Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Genesee County.

Disasters that hit Flushing

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FlushingDeclared for Genesee County only

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2000

Snow

$11K to the City of Flushing for repairs

Genesee County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Flushing

Flushing and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Flushingmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Flushing covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Flushing’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Flushing. 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 Flushing total about $2.4M 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.