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Natural hazards · Bridgeport

Bridgeport, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bridgeport?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridgeport to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes11%Cold waves8%Hail6%Heat waves5%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Bridgeport faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Bridgeport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bridgeport isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Crawford County.
Disasters that hit Bridgeport

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgeportDeclared for Crawford County only
2017

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

$12K to the Town of Bridgeport for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Bridgeport for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$62K to the Town of Bridgeport for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Bridgeport for repairs
Crawford County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Bridgeport

Bridgeport and the towns around it

Prairie du Chien: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWyalusing: High, mostly inland floodingMillville: High, mostly inland floodingPrairie du Chien: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWauzeka: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarquette: High, mostly inland floodingPatch Grove: High, mostly inland floodingBloomington: High, mostly inland floodingBagley: High, mostly inland floodingMount Hope: High, mostly inland floodingEastman: Low, mostly inland floodingWoodman: High, mostly inland floodingMarietta: Low, mostly inland floodingMcGregor: High, mostly inland floodingBridgeport: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BridgeportPrairie du ChienWyalusingMillvillePrairie du ChienWauzekaMarquette
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Marquettemostly inland floodingHigh
Wyalusingmostly inland floodingHigh
Millvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Bridgeportmostly inland floodingModerate
Prairie du Chienmostly inland floodingModerate
Wauzekamostly inland floodingModerate
Prairie du Chienmostly 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. Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bridgeport. 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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