Storms, floods and disasters in Pleasantview Township
Pleasantview Township isn’t graded for hazard risk: Pleasantview Township has 862 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Pleasantview 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.
Does Pleasantview Township flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Pleasantview Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Pleasantview 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: Emmet County.The storms Pleasantview Township remembers
None of the 4 disasters declared for Emmet County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Pleasantview Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Emmet 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.
Pleasantview Township and its neighbors
How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Traverse Township | Aless damage than 93% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Little Traverse Township | B+less damage than 73% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Littlefield Township | C+more damage than 62% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Maple River Township | Cmore damage than 68% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Friendship Township | — | 848 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
| Center Township | — | 522 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 Pleasantview 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 Pleasantview Township
Is Pleasantview 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 Emmet County, 0.3% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Pleasantview Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Pleasantview Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Pleasantview Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Pleasantview 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.