Natural hazards · Gobles

Gobles, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gobles comes from inland flooding, 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 Gobles?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gobles to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes17%Hail17%Strong wind12%Cold waves7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Gobles faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 64 years in the area

Hail

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Gobles flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Van Buren County.

Disasters that hit Gobles

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoblesDeclared for Van Buren County only

2000

Snow

$3K to the City of Gobles for repairs

Van Buren County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

Around Gobles

Gobles and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pine Grovemostly inland floodingLow

Goblesmostly inland floodingLow

Bloomingdalemostly 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. Gobles 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 Gobles’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Gobles. 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.