Natural hazards · Montague

Montague, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Montague comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Montague?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Montague to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Tornadoes9%Strong wind8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Montague faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Montague flood?

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

6paid claims since 1978

$59Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Muskegon County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Montague

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MontagueDeclared for Muskegon County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $65K aid approved

2000

Snow

$4K to the City of Montague for repairs

1999

Mi - Severe Weather 1/2 /99

$4K to the City of Montague for repairs

Muskegon County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Montague

Montague and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Montaguemostly inland floodingVery low

Whitehallmostly 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. Montague 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 Montague’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Montague. 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.