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Butler, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Butler comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1980. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Butler?

9
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Butler to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves21%Tornadoes12%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Butler faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% 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 Butler flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Butler, from FEMA’s records.

9paid claims since 1980
$314Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19802026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ButlerDeclared for Waukesha County only
2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2025

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

73 households applied for aid $479K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $5K to the Village of Butler for repairs
2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$6K to the Village of Butler for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2000

Snow

$4K to the Village of Butler for repairs
Waukesha County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Butler

Butler and the towns around it

Menomonee Falls: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingMilwaukee: Low, mostly cold wavesLannon: Low, mostly inland floodingLisbon: Very low, mostly inland floodingGermantown: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingPewaukee: Very low, mostly inland floodingElm Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Berlin: Very low, mostly inland floodingWest Allis: Very low, mostly cold wavesWauwatosa: Very low, mostly cold wavesGreenfield: Very low, mostly cold wavesGlendale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingShorewood: Moderate, mostly cold wavesSt. Francis: Very low, mostly cold wavesWest Milwaukee: Very low, mostly cold wavesBrown Deer: Low, mostly inland floodingOak Creek: Very low, mostly cold wavesWhitefish Bay: Moderate, mostly cold wavesCudahy: Very low, mostly cold wavesButler: Very low, mostly inland flooding ButlerMenomonee FallsBrookfieldMilwaukee
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Milwaukeemostly cold wavesLow
Menomonee Fallsmostly inland floodingVery low
Brookfieldmostly inland floodingVery low
Butlermostly 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. Butler covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Butler’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Butler. 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 Butler total about $646K 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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