Natural hazards · Vicksburg

Vicksburg, MI natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vicksburg to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes19%Hail9%Cold waves7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Vicksburg faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Vicksburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kalamazoo County.

Disasters that hit Vicksburg

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VicksburgDeclared for Kalamazoo County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2000

Snow

$4K to the Village of Vicksburg for repairs

Kalamazoo County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

Around Vicksburg

Vicksburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bradymostly inland floodingLow

Vicksburgmostly inland floodingLow

Schoolcraftmostly 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. Vicksburg covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vicksburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Vicksburg. 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 Vicksburg total about $1.4M 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.