Natural hazards · Antigo

Antigo, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Antigo comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1981. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Antigo?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Antigo to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves62%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Antigo faces

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

Cold waves

62% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Antigo flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Antigo, from FEMA’s records.

11paid claims since 1981

$62Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Antigo 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 Antigo

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AntigoDeclared for Langlade County only

2019

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

$42K to the City of Antigo for repairs

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

Around Antigo

Antigo and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Antigomostly cold wavesLow

Ackleymostly cold wavesLow

Rollingmostly cold wavesVery low

Antigomostly 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. Antigo covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Antigo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Antigo. 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 Antigo total about $5.8M 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.