Natural hazards · Ainsworth

Ainsworth, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ainsworth comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ainsworth?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ainsworth to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves52%Inland flooding36%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Ainsworth faces

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

Cold waves

52% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ainsworth flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Ainsworth.

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Ainsworth isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Langlade County.

Disasters that hit Ainsworth

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AinsworthDeclared for Langlade County only

2019

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

$61K to the Town of Ainsworth for repairs

Langlade County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and tornadoes.

Around Ainsworth

Ainsworth and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Nevamostly cold wavesLow

Langlademostly cold wavesVery low

Pricemostly cold wavesVery low

Ainsworthmostly cold wavesVery low

Elchomostly cold wavesVery low

Uphammostly cold wavesVery low

Nashvillemostly cold wavesVery 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. Ainsworth covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ainsworth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ainsworth. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Ainsworth total about $955K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.