Natural hazards · Almena

Almena, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Almena comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Almena?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Almena to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves41%Inland flooding28%Tornadoes12%Hail7%Strong wind6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Almena faces

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

Cold waves

41% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Almena flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barron County.

Disasters that hit Almena

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlmenaDeclared for Barron County only

2019

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

$95K to the Town of Almena for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$8K to the Town of Almena for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$1K to the Town of Almena for repairs

Barron County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and tornadoes.

Around Almena

Almena and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Turtle Lakemostly cold wavesLow

Beavermostly cold wavesLow

Almenamostly cold wavesVery low

Turtle Lakemostly cold wavesVery low

Almenamostly cold wavesVery low

Clintonmostly cold wavesVery low

Crystal Lakemostly 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. Almena 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 Almena’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Almena. 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.