Natural hazards · Barre

Barre, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barre comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barre?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barre to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding41%Cold waves33%Tornadoes9%Hail6%Heat waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Barre faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Barre flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: La Crosse County.

Disasters that hit Barre

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarreDeclared for La Crosse County only

2017

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mud

$44K to the Town of Barre for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$55K to the Town of Barre for repairs

La Crosse County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Barre

Barre and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Barremostly inland floodingModerate

Greenfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Bangormostly inland floodingModerate

Medarymostly inland floodingLow

Hamiltonmostly 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. Barre 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 Barre’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Barre. 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.