Natural hazards · Kingston

Kingston, MI natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kingston?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kingston to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding64%Cold waves16%Tornadoes9%Strong wind6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Kingston faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Kingston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tuscola County.

Disasters that hit Kingston

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingstonDeclared for Tuscola County only

Tuscola County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Kingston

Kingston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Novestamostly inland floodingHigh

Kingstonmostly inland floodingHigh

Wellsmostly inland floodingHigh

Koyltonmostly inland floodingHigh

Lamottemostly cold wavesModerate

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