Natural hazards · Beaver Brook

Beaver Brook, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beaver Brook comes from cold waves, 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 Beaver Brook?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beaver Brook to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves45%Inland flooding33%Tornadoes9%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Beaver Brook faces

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

Cold waves

45% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 26 years in the area

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 Beaver Brook flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washburn County.

Disasters that hit Beaver Brook

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Beaver BrookDeclared for Washburn County only

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$9K to the Town of Beaver Brook for repairs

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

Around Beaver Brook

Beaver Brook and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Beaver Brookmostly cold wavesVery low

Madgemostly cold wavesVery low

Saronamostly cold wavesVery low

Bashawmostly cold wavesVery low

Shell Lakemostly cold wavesVery low

Spoonermostly 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. Beaver Brook 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 Beaver Brook’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Beaver Brook. 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.