Natural hazards · Morenci

Morenci, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Morenci comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Morenci?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Morenci to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes17%Cold waves16%Strong wind7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Morenci faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Morenci flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lenawee County.

Disasters that hit Morenci

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorenciDeclared for Lenawee County only

1999

Mi - Severe Weather 1/2 /99

$2K to the City of Morenci for repairs

Lenawee County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Morenci

Morenci and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Morencimostly inland floodingLow

Senecamostly inland floodingLow

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