Natural hazards · Morrice

Morrice, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Morrice 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 Morrice?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Morrice to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes27%Cold waves24%Strong wind13%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Morrice faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times 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 Morrice flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shiawassee County.

Disasters that hit Morrice

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorriceDeclared for Shiawassee County only

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Shiawassee County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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