Natural hazards · Prairieville

Prairieville, MI natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Prairieville to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes22%Strong wind9%Cold waves8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Prairieville faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 69 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 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 Prairieville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barry County.

Disasters that hit Prairieville

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrairievilleDeclared for Barry County only

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

Around Prairieville

Prairieville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Gun Plainmostly inland floodingModerate

Orangevillemostly inland floodingLow

Richlandmostly inland floodingVery low

Prairievillemostly inland floodingVery low

Barrymostly 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. Prairieville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Prairieville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Prairieville. 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 Prairieville total about $798K 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.