Natural hazards · Riverview

Riverview, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Riverview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2014. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Riverview?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Riverview to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves16%Tornadoes10%Heat waves9%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Riverview 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

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Riverview flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Riverview, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 2014

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20142026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Riverview

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RiverviewDeclared for Wayne County only

2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

63 households applied for aid $82K aid approved

2021

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

9 households applied for aid $450 aid approved

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

101 households applied for aid $74K aid approved $27K to the City of Riverview for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

1999

Mi - Severe Weather 1/2 /99

$11K to the City of Riverview for repairs

Wayne County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Riverview

Riverview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Grosse Ilemostly inland floodingLow

Trentonmostly inland floodingLow

Brownstownmostly inland floodingVery low

Riverviewmostly 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. Riverview covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Riverview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Riverview. 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 Riverview total about $2.6M 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.