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Natural hazards · Akan

Akan, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Akan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Akan?

74
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Akan to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Cold waves13%Tornadoes7%Hail7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Akan faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% 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 Akan flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Akan isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Richland County.
Disasters that hit Akan

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AkanDeclared for Richland County only
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$13K to the Town of Akan for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$19K to the Town of Akan for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$113K to the Town of Akan for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$181K to the Town of Akan for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$66K to the Town of Akan for repairs
Richland County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Akan

Akan and the towns around it

Clayton: Low, mostly inland floodingSylvan: High, mostly inland floodingRichwood: High, mostly inland floodingDayton: High, mostly inland floodingUtica: Low, mostly inland floodingKickapoo: High, mostly inland floodingGays Mills: Low, mostly inland floodingBell Center: Low, mostly inland floodingHaney: Low, mostly inland floodingScott: Low, mostly inland floodingMarshall: High, mostly inland floodingForest: High, mostly inland floodingWatterstown: High, mostly inland floodingEagle: High, mostly inland floodingMarietta: Low, mostly inland floodingRichland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAkan: High, mostly inland flooding AkanClaytonSylvanRichwoodDayton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Akanmostly inland floodingHigh
Sylvanmostly inland floodingHigh
Daytonmostly inland floodingHigh
Richwoodmostly inland floodingHigh
Claytonmostly inland floodingLow
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. Akan 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 Akan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Akan. 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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