Natural hazards · South Range

South Range, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in South Range comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low 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 South Range?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in South Range to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding66%Cold waves24%Everything else10%

By hazard

What South Range 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 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

HurricanesEarthquakesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 South Range flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Houghton County.

Disasters that hit South Range

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into South RangeDeclared for Houghton County only

2018

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$56K to the Village of South Range for repairs

Houghton County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

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. South Range 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 South Range’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of South Range. 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.