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Natural hazards · Marquette

Marquette, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marquette comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1993. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Marquette?

73
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marquette to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes10%Cold waves8%Hail7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Marquette faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Marquette flood?

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

3paid claims since 1993
$28Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19932026

Biggest named events

  • Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $18K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Marquette isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Clayton County.
Disasters that hit Marquette

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarquetteDeclared for Clayton County only
2023

Flooding

$51K to the City of Marquette for repairs
2016

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$7K to the City of Marquette for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $850 aid approved
2001

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$91K to the City of Marquette for repairs
Clayton County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Marquette

Marquette and the towns around it

McGregor: High, mostly inland floodingBridgeport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPrairie du Chien: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWyalusing: High, mostly inland floodingMillville: High, mostly inland floodingPrairie du Chien: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWauzeka: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarquette: High, mostly inland flooding MarquetteMcGregorBridgeport
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Marquettemostly inland floodingHigh
McGregormostly inland floodingHigh
Bridgeportmostly 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. Marquette is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marquette’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marquette. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.

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