Natural hazards · Breed

Breed, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Breed comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Breed?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Breed to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves25%Tornadoes8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Breed 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

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 34 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 Breed flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Breed 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 Breed

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BreedDeclared for Oconto County only

2019

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

$12K to the Town of Breed for repairs

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

Around Breed

Breed and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Breedmostly inland floodingLow

Howmostly inland floodingLow

Bagleymostly inland floodingLow

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