Natural hazards · Waverly

Waverly, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Waverly comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 2026.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Waverly?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding83%Cold waves10%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Waverly faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Waverly flood?

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

8paid claims since 2026

$213Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20262026

Biggest named events

2026-04-Flooding: 8 claims, $213K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cheboygan County.

Disasters that hit Waverly

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Cheboygan County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Waverly itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WaverlyDeclared for Cheboygan County only

Cheboygan County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and ice storms.

Around Waverly

Waverly and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Waverlymostly inland floodingModerate

Koehlermostly inland floodingModerate

Alohamostly inland floodingModerate

Forestmostly inland floodingModerate

Walkermostly inland floodingModerate

Grantmostly inland floodingModerate

North Allismostly inland floodingModerate

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. Waverly covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Waverly’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Waverly. 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 Waverly total about $1.9M 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.