Natural hazards · Brazeau

Brazeau, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brazeau comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1996. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brazeau?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brazeau to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves26%Tornadoes8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Brazeau faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

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 Brazeau flood?

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

3paid claims since 1996

$22Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oconto County.

Disasters that hit Brazeau

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrazeauDeclared for Oconto County only

2019

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

$43K to the Town of Brazeau for repairs

Oconto County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Brazeau

Brazeau and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Stephensonmostly cold wavesModerate

Beavermostly cold wavesLow

Poundmostly cold wavesLow

Brazeaumostly inland floodingLow

Mountainmostly inland floodingLow

Bagleymostly inland floodingLow

Sprucemostly inland floodingVery low

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. Brazeau covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brazeau’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brazeau. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Brazeau total about $1.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.