Natural hazards · Reese

Reese, MI natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Reese to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves18%Tornadoes11%Strong wind8%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Reese faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 51 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 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 Reese flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tuscola County.

Disasters that hit Reese

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ReeseDeclared for Tuscola County only

2000

Snow

$1K to the Village of Reese for repairs

Tuscola County has had 10 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. Reese 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 Reese’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Reese. 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.