Natural hazards · Mattawan

Mattawan, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mattawan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mattawan?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mattawan to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes16%Hail15%Strong wind11%Cold waves6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Mattawan 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 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Hail

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% 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 Mattawan flood?

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

1paid claims since 2018

$22Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Mattawan 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 Mattawan

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MattawanDeclared for Van Buren County only

2000

Snow

$890 to the Village of Mattawan for repairs

1999

Mi - Severe Weather 1/2 /99

$1K to the Village of Mattawan for repairs

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

Around Mattawan

Mattawan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mattawanmostly inland floodingModerate

Antwerpmostly inland floodingLow

Texasmostly 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. Mattawan 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 Mattawan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Mattawan. 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.