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Natural hazards · Leslie

Leslie, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leslie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2011. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Leslie?

30
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes24%Cold waves11%Strong wind10%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Leslie 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 32% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 52 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 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 Leslie flood?

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

4paid claims since 2011
$11Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Leslie isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Ingham County.
Disasters that hit Leslie

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeslieDeclared for Ingham County only
2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $34K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $26K aid approved
Ingham County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.
Around Leslie

Leslie and the towns around it

Bunker Hill: Low, mostly inland floodingVevay: Low, mostly inland floodingOnondaga: Low, mostly inland floodingRives: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHenrietta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStockbridge: Low, mostly inland floodingIngham: Low, mostly inland floodingMason: Very low, mostly inland floodingAlaiedon: Very low, mostly inland floodingAurelius: Low, mostly inland floodingHamlin: Low, mostly inland floodingTompkins: Low, mostly inland floodingBlackman: Low, mostly inland floodingLeslie: Low, mostly inland flooding LeslieBunker HillVevayOnondagaRives
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Rivesmostly inland floodingModerate
Onondagamostly inland floodingLow
Lesliemostly inland floodingLow
Bunker Hillmostly inland floodingLow
Vevaymostly inland floodingLow
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. Leslie covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Leslie’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Leslie. 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 Leslie total about $994K 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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