Natural hazards · Gerrish

Gerrish, MI natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gerrish?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gerrish to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Cold waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Gerrish faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Gerrish flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Roscommon County.

Disasters that hit Gerrish

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GerrishDeclared for Roscommon County only

Roscommon County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Gerrish

Gerrish and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Gerrishmostly inland floodingHigh

Lyonmostly inland floodingHigh

Lakemostly inland floodingModerate

Markeymostly inland floodingModerate

Higginsmostly inland floodingLow

Beaver Creekmostly 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. Gerrish covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Gerrish’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Gerrish. 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 Gerrish total about $1.5M 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.