Natural hazards · Biron

Biron, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Biron comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1993. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Biron?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Biron to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves26%Tornadoes9%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Biron 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 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Biron flood?

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

3paid claims since 1993

$135Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19932026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wood County.

Disasters that hit Biron

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BironDeclared for Wood County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$36K to the Village of Biron for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$19K to the Village of Biron for repairs

Wood County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Biron

Biron and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bironmostly inland floodingHigh

Rudolphmostly inland floodingModerate

Grand Rapidsmostly inland floodingModerate

Wisconsin Rapidsmostly 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. Biron 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 Biron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Biron. 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.