Natural hazards · Solon

Solon, MI natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Solon to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes20%Strong wind11%Cold waves7%Heat waves7%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Solon 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

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 88 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Solon flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kent County.

Disasters that hit Solon

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SolonDeclared for Kent County only

Kent County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Solon

Solon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Algomamostly inland floodingLow

Solonmostly inland floodingVery low

Ensleymostly inland floodingVery low

Cedar Springsmostly inland floodingVery low

Tyronemostly 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. Solon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Solon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Solon. 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 Solon 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.