Natural hazards · Beetown

Beetown, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beetown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1986. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Beetown?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beetown to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves11%Tornadoes10%Hail8%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Beetown faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Beetown flood?

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

18paid claims since 1986

$208Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19862026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 4 claims, $21K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grant County.

Disasters that hit Beetown

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeetownDeclared for Grant County only

2017

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

$58K to the Town of Beetown for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$21K to the Town of Beetown for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the Town of Beetown for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$27K to the Town of Beetown for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $54K aid approved $82K to the Town of Beetown for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$90K to the Town of Beetown for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Beetown for repairs

Grant County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Beetown

Beetown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Beetownmostly inland floodingHigh

Waterloomostly inland floodingHigh

Glen Havenmostly inland floodingHigh

Little Grantmostly inland floodingHigh

Cassvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Bloomingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

South Lancastermostly 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. Beetown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Beetown’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Beetown. 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 Beetown total about $2.5M 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.