Natural hazards · Boscobel

Boscobel, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boscobel comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2008. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boscobel?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boscobel to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Cold waves13%Tornadoes12%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Boscobel faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 44 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Boscobel flood?

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

4paid claims since 2008

$30Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Boscobel 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Boscobel

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoscobelDeclared for Grant County only

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$78K to the City of Boscobel for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the City of Boscobel for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $45K aid approved $7K to the City of Boscobel for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$4K to the City of Boscobel for repairs

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

Around Boscobel

Boscobel and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Boscobelmostly inland floodingHigh

Watterstownmostly 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. Boscobel 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 Boscobel’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Boscobel. 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.