Natural hazards · Bayview

Bayview, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bayview comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bayview?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bayview to be higher than in 1% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves59%Inland flooding22%Strong wind9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Bayview faces

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

Cold waves

59% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Bayview flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bayfield County.

Disasters that hit Bayview

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BayviewDeclared for Bayfield County only

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$63K to the Town of Bayview for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$73K to the Town of Bayview for repairs

1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$28K to the Town of Bayview for repairs

Bayfield County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Bayview

Bayview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bellmostly cold wavesVery low

Bayviewmostly cold wavesVery low

Washburnmostly cold wavesVery low

Bayfieldmostly cold wavesVery low

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