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Natural hazards · Bloomington

Bloomington, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bloomington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bloomington?

64
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bloomington to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves11%Tornadoes11%Hail7%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Bloomington faces

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

Inland flooding

59% 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

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year 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 Bloomington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bloomington 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 Bloomington

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BloomingtonDeclared for Grant County only
2017

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

$8K to the Town of Bloomington for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$10K to the Town of Bloomington for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Town of Bloomington for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Bloomington for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$35K to the Town of Bloomington for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Bloomington for repairs
Grant County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Bloomington

Bloomington and the towns around it

Bagley: High, mostly inland floodingGlen Haven: High, mostly inland floodingLittle Grant: High, mostly inland floodingPatch Grove: High, mostly inland floodingWyalusing: High, mostly inland floodingBeetown: High, mostly inland floodingCassville: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Lancaster: High, mostly inland floodingMount Hope: High, mostly inland floodingMillville: High, mostly inland floodingBridgeport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSouth Lancaster: Low, mostly inland floodingWaterloo: High, mostly inland floodingBloomington: High, mostly inland flooding BloomingtonBagleyGlen HavenLittle GrantPatch GroveWyalusingBeetown
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Glen Havenmostly inland floodingHigh
Little Grantmostly inland floodingHigh
Beetownmostly inland floodingHigh
Bloomingtonmostly inland floodingHigh
Bagleymostly inland floodingHigh
Patch Grovemostly inland floodingHigh
Wyalusingmostly inland floodingHigh
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. Bloomington 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 Bloomington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bloomington. 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.

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