Natural hazards · Burnett

Burnett, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burnett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Burnett?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burnett to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves18%Tornadoes17%Hail8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Burnett faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Burnett flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dodge County.

Disasters that hit Burnett

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurnettDeclared for Dodge County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Dodge County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Burnett

Burnett and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Horiconmostly inland floodingLow

Kekoskeemostly inland floodingLow

Burnettmostly inland floodingLow

Trentonmostly inland floodingVery low

Beaver Dammostly inland floodingVery low

Chestermostly 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. Burnett 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 Burnett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Burnett. 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.