Natural hazards · Forsyth

Forsyth, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Forsyth comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Forsyth?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Forsyth to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves44%Inland flooding35%Hail13%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Forsyth faces

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

Cold waves

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Forsyth flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marquette County.

Disasters that hit Forsyth

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ForsythDeclared for Marquette County only

2002

Flooding

$25K to the Township of Forsyth for repairs

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

Around Forsyth

Forsyth and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Skandiamostly cold wavesLow

West Branchmostly cold wavesLow

Sandsmostly cold wavesLow

Richmondmostly cold wavesLow

Wellsmostly inland floodingLow

Turinmostly inland floodingLow

Ewingmostly inland floodingLow

Forsythmostly cold wavesLow

Tildenmostly cold wavesLow

West Branchmostly cold wavesLow

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. Forsyth covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Forsyth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Forsyth. 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 Forsyth total about $3.3M 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.