Natural hazards · Brule

Brule, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brule 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 Brule?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brule to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves55%Inland flooding35%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Brule faces

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

Cold waves

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesEarthquakesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Brule flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Douglas County.

Disasters that hit Brule

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BruleDeclared for Douglas County only

2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$159K to the Town of Brule for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$25K to the Town of Brule for repairs

1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$12K to the Town of Brule for repairs

Douglas County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Brule

Brule and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Highlandmostly cold wavesLow

Brulemostly cold wavesVery low

Maplemostly cold wavesVery low

Oulumostly cold wavesVery low

Lake Nebagamonmostly cold wavesVery low

Cloverlandmostly cold wavesVery low

Hughesmostly cold wavesVery 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. Brule covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brule’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brule. 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 Brule total about $1.1M 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.