Natural hazards · Moorland

Moorland, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moorland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Moorland?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moorland to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding53%Strong wind22%Tornadoes14%Cold waves5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Moorland faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 53 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Moorland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Moorland 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.

Disasters that hit Moorland

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Muskegon County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Moorland itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into MoorlandDeclared for Muskegon County only

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

Around Moorland

Moorland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bridgetonmostly inland floodingLow

Ravennamostly inland floodingLow

Moorlandmostly inland floodingVery low

Casnoviamostly inland floodingVery low

Egelstonmostly 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. Moorland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Moorland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Moorland. 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 Moorland total about $754K 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.