Natural hazards · Bridge Creek

Bridge Creek, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridge Creek comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1993.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bridge Creek?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridge Creek to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves22%Tornadoes9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Bridge Creek faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bridge Creek flood?

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

2paid claims since 1993

$66Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Eau Claire County.

Disasters that hit Bridge Creek

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Eau Claire County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Bridge Creek itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Bridge CreekDeclared for Eau Claire County only

Eau Claire County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Bridge Creek

Bridge Creek and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bridge Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Wilsonmostly inland floodingHigh

Fairchildmostly inland floodingHigh

Garfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Clevelandmostly inland floodingModerate

Fostermostly inland floodingModerate

Ludingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Lincolnmostly inland floodingModerate

Otter Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Bridge Creek covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bridge Creek’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bridge Creek. 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 Bridge Creek total about $2.7M 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.