Natural hazards · Belvidere

Belvidere, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belvidere comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Belvidere?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belvidere to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves20%Tornadoes14%Hail8%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Belvidere faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Belvidere flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Buffalo County.

Disasters that hit Belvidere

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BelvidereDeclared for Buffalo County only

2017

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

$50K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$8K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs

Buffalo County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Belvidere

Belvidere and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Minneiskamostly inland floodingHigh

Greenfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Minneiskamostly inland floodingHigh

Waumandeemostly inland floodingModerate

Miltonmostly inland floodingModerate

Almamostly inland floodingModerate

Belvideremostly inland floodingLow

Buffalo Citymostly inland floodingLow

Cochranemostly inland floodingLow

Lincolnmostly inland floodingLow

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