Natural hazards · Robinson

Robinson, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Robinson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 47 claims here since 1997.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Robinson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Robinson to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Tornadoes9%Strong wind7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Robinson faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Robinson flood?

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

47paid claims since 1997

$826Kpaid to owners

11homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

2026-04-Flooding: 3 claims, $25K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ottawa County.

Disasters that hit Robinson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RobinsonDeclared for Ottawa County only

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

Around Robinson

Robinson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Robinsonmostly inland floodingModerate

Grand Havenmostly inland floodingModerate

Crockerymostly inland floodingLow

Olivemostly inland floodingLow

Allendalemostly inland floodingLow

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. Robinson covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Robinson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Robinson. 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 Robinson total about $1.8M 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.