Natural hazards · Cadiz

Cadiz, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cadiz comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1990. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cadiz?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cadiz to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves24%Tornadoes12%Hail8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Cadiz faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Cadiz flood?

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

6paid claims since 1990

$169Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 3 claims, $146K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Green County.

Disasters that hit Cadiz

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CadizDeclared for Green County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the Town of Cadiz for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$6K to the Town of Cadiz for repairs

2000

Snow

$4K to the Town of Cadiz for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Cadiz for repairs

Green County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Cadiz

Cadiz and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cadizmostly inland floodingLow

Jordanmostly inland floodingLow

Waynemostly cold wavesLow

Onecomostly inland floodingLow

Winslowmostly inland floodingLow

Clarnomostly 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. Cadiz covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cadiz’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cadiz. 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 Cadiz total about $2.1M 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.