On FEMA’s figures, Excelsior Township faces less hazard damage per building than 93% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Excelsior Township gets an A for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 93% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (86%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Excelsior Township faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Excelsior Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 86% of the building damage FEMA expects in Excelsior Township, and Excelsior Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 71% of U.S. census tracts.
A lower expected damage per building than 93% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Excelsior Township’s residents live in 3 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $385K a year in losses across Excelsior Township: $225K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Excelsior Township flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Excelsior Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Excelsior Township isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kalkaska County.The storms Excelsior Township remembers
None of the 4 disasters declared for Kalkaska County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Excelsior Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Kalkaska County has had 4 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often winter storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Excelsior Township and its neighbors
Excelsior Township is 4th of the 4 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalkaska Township | A+less damage than 98% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Coldsprings Township | Aless damage than 94% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Orange Township | Aless damage than 94% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Excelsior Township | Aless damage than 93% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Oliver Township | — | 300 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
| Bear Lake Township | — | 736 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Excelsior Township faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Excelsior Township
Is Excelsior Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Excelsior Township has lower expected damage per building than 93% of U.S. towns: A for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (86%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Excelsior Township in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Kalkaska County, 0.0% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Excelsior Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Excelsior Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Excelsior Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (86%), and Excelsior Township’s rate for it is lower than 71% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Excelsior Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Excelsior Township’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.