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Amnicon, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Amnicon comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low 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 Amnicon?

9
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Amnicon to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves56%Inland flooding34%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Amnicon faces

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

Cold waves

56% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

HurricanesEarthquakesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Amnicon flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AmniconDeclared for Douglas County only
2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$65K to the Town of Amnicon for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Amnicon for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Amnicon for repairs
2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$14K to the Town of Amnicon for repairs
1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$26K to the Town of Amnicon for repairs
Douglas County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Amnicon

Amnicon and the towns around it

Parkland: Low, mostly cold wavesLakeside: Very low, mostly cold wavesPoplar: Very low, mostly cold wavesHawthorne: Very low, mostly cold wavesMaple: Very low, mostly cold wavesOakland: Low, mostly cold wavesSuperior: Low, mostly cold wavesSuperior: Moderate, mostly cold wavesBennett: Very low, mostly cold wavesLake Nebagamon: Very low, mostly cold wavesBrule: Very low, mostly cold wavesCloverland: Very low, mostly cold wavesSummit: Very low, mostly cold wavesGordon: Very low, mostly cold wavesAmnicon: Very low, mostly cold waves AmniconParklandLakesidePoplarHawthorneMapleOakland
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Parklandmostly cold wavesLow
Oaklandmostly cold wavesLow
Maplemostly cold wavesVery low
Amniconmostly cold wavesVery low
Lakesidemostly cold wavesVery low
Poplarmostly cold wavesVery low
Hawthornemostly 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. Amnicon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Amnicon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Amnicon. 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 Amnicon total about $2.1M 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.

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