Natural hazards · Spring Lake

Spring Lake, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Spring Lake comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1986. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Spring Lake?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Spring Lake to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Tornadoes8%Strong wind6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Spring Lake faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

6% 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 Spring Lake flood?

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

9paid claims since 1986

$131Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19862026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Spring LakeDeclared for Ottawa County only

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

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

Around Spring Lake

Spring Lake and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ferrysburgmostly inland floodingModerate

Spring Lakemostly inland floodingModerate

Grand Havenmostly inland floodingModerate

Spring Lakemostly inland floodingLow

Grand Havenmostly 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. Spring Lake covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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