Natural hazards · Anderson

Anderson, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Anderson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Anderson?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Anderson to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves28%Tornadoes9%Strong wind5%Hail5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Anderson faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Anderson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burnett County.

Disasters that hit Anderson

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Burnett County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Anderson itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into AndersonDeclared for Burnett County only

Burnett County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Anderson

Anderson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rushsebamostly inland floodingModerate

Andersonmostly inland floodingLow

Trade Lakemostly inland floodingLow

Wood Rivermostly inland floodingLow

Sterlingmostly inland floodingLow

Grantsburgmostly 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. Anderson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Anderson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Anderson. 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 Anderson total about $1.4M 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.