Natural hazards · Keeler

Keeler, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Keeler 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 Keeler?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Keeler to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding46%Hail16%Tornadoes15%Strong wind11%Cold waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Keeler faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 37 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% 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 Keeler flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Keeler 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 Keeler

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into KeelerDeclared for Van Buren County only

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

Around Keeler

Keeler and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hartfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Keelermostly inland floodingLow

Hamiltonmostly inland floodingLow

Bainbridgemostly inland floodingLow

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