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Bristol, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bristol comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bristol?

4
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bristol to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves33%Inland flooding33%Tornadoes18%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Bristol faces

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

Cold waves

33% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 49 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 Bristol flood?

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BristolDeclared for Kenosha County only
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $6K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
Kenosha County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Bristol

Bristol and the towns around it

Kenosha: Very low, mostly cold wavesPleasant Prairie: Very low, mostly cold wavesSalem Lakes: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAntioch: High, mostly inland floodingParis: Very low, mostly inland floodingNewport: Very low, mostly inland floodingSomers: Very low, mostly inland floodingSomers: Very low, mostly inland floodingWinthrop Harbor: Very low, mostly inland floodingBenton: Very low, mostly inland floodingPaddock Lake: Very low, mostly cold wavesRandall: Low, mostly inland floodingBrighton: Very low, mostly inland floodingLake Villa: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBurton: Very low, mostly inland floodingFox Lake: Very high, mostly inland floodingGrant: High, mostly inland floodingYorkville: Very low, mostly inland floodingZion: Very low, mostly inland floodingZion: Very low, mostly inland floodingWadsworth: Very low, mostly inland floodingWarren: Very low, mostly inland floodingBeach Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingOld Mill Creek: Very low, mostly inland floodingLindenhurst: Low, mostly inland floodingWaukegan: Very low, mostly inland floodingBristol: Very low, mostly cold waves BristolKenoshaPleasant PrairieSalem LakesAntiochParisNewport
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Antiochmostly inland floodingHigh
Salem Lakesmostly inland floodingModerate
Newportmostly inland floodingVery low
Pleasant Prairiemostly cold wavesVery low
Bristolmostly cold wavesVery low
Kenoshamostly cold wavesVery low
Parismostly 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. Bristol covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bristol’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bristol. 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 Bristol total about $2.9M 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.

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