Natural hazards · Wyoming

Wyoming, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wyoming comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 69 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wyoming?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wyoming to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes23%Strong wind8%Cold waves7%Heat waves7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Wyoming faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Wyoming flood?

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

69paid claims since 1979

$1.2Mpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

2026-04-Flooding: 3 claims, $15K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kent County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Wyoming

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WyomingDeclared for Kent County only

2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

46 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2013

Flooding

$42K to the City of Wyoming for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

2000

Snow

$38K to the City of Wyoming for repairs

1999

Mi - Severe Weather 1/2 /99

$30K to the City of Wyoming for repairs

Kent County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Wyoming

Wyoming and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Grand Rapidsmostly inland floodingModerate

Georgetownmostly inland floodingVery low

Byronmostly inland floodingVery low

Wyomingmostly inland floodingVery low

Kentwoodmostly inland floodingVery low

Grandvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Walkermostly inland floodingVery low

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. Wyoming covers 17 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wyoming’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wyoming. 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 Wyoming total about $12.8M 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.