Natural hazards · Grant

Grant, MI natural hazards

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

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

How exposed is Grant?

7
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grant to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Strong wind8%Cold waves7%Winter weather6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Grant faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Winter weather

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about 29 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Grant flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Grant isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Mason County.
Disasters that hit Grant

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrantDeclared for Mason County only
Mason County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Grant

Grant and the towns around it

Free Soil: Very low, mostly inland floodingHamlin: Very low, mostly inland floodingFiler: High, mostly inland floodingVictory: Very low, mostly inland floodingMeade: Very low, mostly inland floodingStronach: High, mostly inland floodingSherman: Very low, mostly inland floodingPere Marquette: Very low, mostly inland floodingManistee: High, mostly inland floodingAmber: Very low, mostly inland floodingGrant: Very low, mostly inland flooding GrantFree SoilHamlinFilerVictory
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Filermostly inland floodingHigh
Free Soilmostly inland floodingVery low
Hamlinmostly inland floodingVery low
Grantmostly inland floodingVery low
Victorymostly 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. Grant covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Grant’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Grant. 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 Grant total about $942K 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.

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