Natural hazards · Barton

Barton, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barton to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding36%Cold waves29%Tornadoes20%Hail5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Barton faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 70 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Barton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Barton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BartonDeclared for Washington County only

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$11K to the Town of Barton for repairs

Washington County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Barton

Barton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kewaskummostly inland floodingLow

West Bendmostly inland floodingVery low

Bartonmostly inland floodingVery 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. Barton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Barton. 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 Barton total about $1.7M 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.