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Natural hazards · Sunfield

Sunfield, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sunfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sunfield?

23
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sunfield to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes24%Strong wind11%Cold waves9%Hail5%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Sunfield faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 27 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Sunfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sunfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Eaton County.
Disasters that hit Sunfield

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SunfieldDeclared for Eaton County only
2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
Eaton County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.
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. Sunfield 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 Sunfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Sunfield. 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.

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