Natural hazards · Goodar

Goodar, MI natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Goodar?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goodar to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding45%Hail19%Cold waves13%Strong wind10%Tornadoes6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Goodar faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hail

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 56 years 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 Goodar flood?

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

Disasters that hit Goodar

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoodarDeclared for Ogemaw County only

Ogemaw County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

Around Goodar

Goodar and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mentormostly inland floodingLow

Hillmostly inland floodingLow

Goodarmostly inland floodingLow

Rosemostly inland floodingLow

Plainfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Goodar 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 Goodar’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Goodar. 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.