Natural hazards · Pinckney

Pinckney, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pinckney comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pinckney?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pinckney to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes27%Cold waves13%Strong wind8%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Pinckney 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

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% 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 Pinckney flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Livingston County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Pinckney

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PinckneyDeclared for Livingston County only

2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $50K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2000

Snow

$5K to the Village of Pinckney for repairs

Livingston County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods 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. Pinckney 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 Pinckney’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Pinckney. 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.