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Natural hazards · Manton

Manton, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Manton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Manton?

10
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Manton to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves29%Winter weather6%Strong wind6%Tornadoes6%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Manton faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Winter weather

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about 27 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 44 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsHeat 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 Manton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Manton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Wexford County.
Disasters that hit Manton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MantonDeclared for Wexford County only
2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $284K aid approved
Wexford County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Manton

Manton and the towns around it

Cedar Creek: Very low, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Very low, mostly inland floodingCaldwell: Very low, mostly inland floodingColfax: Very low, mostly inland floodingHaring: Very low, mostly inland floodingManton: Very low, mostly inland flooding MantonCedar Creek
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mantonmostly inland floodingVery low
Cedar 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. Manton 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 Manton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Manton. 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.

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