Natural hazards · Sauble

Sauble, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sauble comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1986.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sauble?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sauble to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding66%Strong wind18%Cold waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Sauble faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

18% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Sauble flood?

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

1paid claims since 1986

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19862026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lake County.

Disasters that hit Sauble

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SaubleDeclared for Lake County only

Lake County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Sauble

Sauble and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sweetwatermostly inland floodingLow

Saublemostly inland floodingLow

Peacockmostly inland floodingLow

Elkmostly inland floodingLow

Webbermostly inland floodingLow

Branchmostly inland floodingLow

Sheridanmostly 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. Sauble covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sauble’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sauble. 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 Sauble total about $1.1M 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.