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Natural hazards · Abbotsford

Abbotsford, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Abbotsford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Abbotsford?

13
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Abbotsford to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding39%Cold waves38%Tornadoes11%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Abbotsford faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

38% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 74 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Abbotsford flood?

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

1paid claims since 2018
$12Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20182026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Abbotsford isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Clark County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Abbotsford

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AbbotsfordDeclared for Clark County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$12K to the City of Abbotsford for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the City of Abbotsford for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $517 aid approved
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$34K to the City of Abbotsford for repairs
Clark County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Abbotsford

Abbotsford and the towns around it

Colby: Low, mostly inland floodingHull: Low, mostly inland floodingHolton: Low, mostly inland floodingMayville: Very low, mostly inland floodingColby: Very low, mostly inland floodingUnity: Low, mostly inland floodingGreen Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingFrankfort: Low, mostly inland floodingBrighton: Low, mostly inland floodingDorchester: Very low, mostly inland floodingJohnson: Low, mostly inland floodingDeer Creek: Low, mostly inland floodingCurtiss: Low, mostly inland floodingLittle Black: Low, mostly inland floodingHoard: Low, mostly inland floodingAbbotsford: Very low, mostly inland flooding AbbotsfordColbyHullHoltonMayvilleColby
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Colbymostly inland floodingLow
Hullmostly inland floodingLow
Holtonmostly inland floodingLow
Abbotsfordmostly inland floodingVery low
Mayvillemostly inland floodingVery low
Colbymostly 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. Abbotsford 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 Abbotsford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Abbotsford. 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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