Natural hazards · Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lincoln Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 38 claims here since 2000. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lincoln Park?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lincoln Park to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves17%Tornadoes10%Heat waves9%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Lincoln Park faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Lincoln Park flood?

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

38paid claims since 2000

$172Kpaid to owners

8homes flooded more than once

20002026

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. Lincoln Park isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Lincoln Park

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Lincoln Park itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Lincoln Park.

Brought FEMA money into Lincoln ParkDeclared for Wayne County only

2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

728 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved

2021

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

286 households applied for aid $458K aid approved

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

604 households applied for aid $601K aid approved $66K to the City of Lincoln Park for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

246 households applied for aid $170K aid approved

1999

Mi - Severe Weather 1/2 /99

$24K to the City of Lincoln Park for repairs

Wayne County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Allen Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Lincoln Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Ecorsemostly inland floodingModerate

Melvindalemostly inland floodingLow

Wyandottemostly inland floodingLow

Detroitmostly inland floodingLow

Southgatemostly 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. Lincoln Park covers 11 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lincoln Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lincoln Park. 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 Lincoln Park total about $7.8M 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.