Natural hazards · Tecumseh

Tecumseh, MI natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tecumseh to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes19%Cold waves18%Strong wind8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Tecumseh faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Tecumseh flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lenawee County.

Disasters that hit Tecumseh

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TecumsehDeclared for Lenawee County only

1999

Mi - Severe Weather 1/2 /99

$7K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs

Lenawee County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Tecumseh

Tecumseh and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Raisinmostly inland floodingLow

Tecumsehmostly 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. Tecumseh covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tecumseh’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tecumseh. 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 Tecumseh total about $2.3M 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.