Natural hazards · Greenbush

Greenbush, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenbush comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenbush?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenbush to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves13%Lightning5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Greenbush faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Greenbush flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Greenbush, from FEMA’s records.

5paid claims since 1979

$51Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

2026-04-Flooding: 1 claim, $29K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Alcona County.

Disasters that hit Greenbush

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenbushDeclared for Alcona County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

Alcona County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Greenbush

Greenbush and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greenbushmostly inland floodingVery low

Oscodamostly inland floodingVery low

Mikadomostly inland floodingVery low

Harrisvillemostly 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. Greenbush covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greenbush’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Greenbush. 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 Greenbush total about $570K 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.