Natural hazards · Blanchard

Blanchard, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blanchard comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blanchard?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blanchard to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding38%Cold waves37%Hail9%Tornadoes8%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Blanchard faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Blanchard flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lafayette County.

Disasters that hit Blanchard

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlanchardDeclared for Lafayette County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the Town of Blanchard for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Blanchard for repairs

Lafayette County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Blanchard

Blanchard and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Blanchardmostly inland floodingHigh

Blanchardvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Argylemostly inland floodingHigh

Fayettemostly inland floodingHigh

Yorkmostly inland floodingModerate

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