On FEMA’s figures, Tyrone Township faces less hazard damage per building than 90% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Tyrone Township gets an A for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 90% of U.S. towns, #134 of 701 in Michigan. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (84%), then tornadoes (10%). 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 Tyrone 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
Tornadoes
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 Tyrone Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 84% of the building damage FEMA expects in Tyrone Township, and Tyrone Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 68% of U.S. census tracts. Next is tornadoes at 10% (higher than 63% of U.S. census tracts).
A #134 of 701 in Michigan; lower expected damage per building than 90% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Tyrone Township’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
The typical Michigan town has lower expected damage than 77% of U.S. towns; within the state, Tyrone Township has less expected damage per building than 81% of Michigan towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $1.1M a year in losses across Tyrone Township: $826K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Tyrone Township flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Tyrone Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Tyrone 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: Kent County.The storms Tyrone Township remembers
None of the 10 disasters declared for Kent County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Tyrone Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Kent County has had 10 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Tyrone Township and its neighbors
Tyrone Township has the lowest expected damage per building of the 5 graded towns here. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Township | Aless damage than 90% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Grant Township | Aless damage than 88% | river and rain flooding | 16 |
| Solon Township | Aless damage than 85% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Casnovia Township | A−less damage than 84% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Sparta Township | A−less damage than 80% | river and rain flooding | 6 |
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 Tyrone 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.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- 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 Tyrone Township
Is Tyrone Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Tyrone Township has lower expected damage per building than 90% of U.S. towns: A for hazard risk, #134 of 701 in Michigan. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (84%) and tornadoes (10%). The figures are for the one census tract the town shares with its neighbors. This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Tyrone 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 Kent County, 0.3% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Tyrone Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Tyrone Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Tyrone Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (84%), and Tyrone Township’s rate for it is lower than 68% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Tyrone Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Tyrone 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.