Natural hazards · Buchanan

Buchanan, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buchanan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buchanan?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buchanan to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding42%Cold waves31%Tornadoes14%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Buchanan faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

31% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Buchanan flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Outagamie County.

Disasters that hit Buchanan

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BuchananDeclared for Outagamie County only

2019

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

$18K to the Town of Buchanan for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$7K to the Town of Buchanan for repairs

Outagamie County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Buchanan

Buchanan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wrightstownmostly inland floodingLow

Hollandmostly inland floodingLow

Harrisonmostly inland floodingVery low

Buchananmostly inland floodingVery low

Kaukaunamostly inland floodingVery low

Combined Locksmostly inland floodingVery low

Appletonmostly cold wavesVery low

Kimberlymostly 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. Buchanan covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Buchanan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Buchanan. 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 Buchanan total about $1.2M 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.