Natural hazards · Calumet

Calumet, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Calumet comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Calumet?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Calumet to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes21%Cold waves20%Hail9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Calumet faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Calumet flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fond du Lac County.

Disasters that hit Calumet

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CalumetDeclared for Fond du Lac County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Calumet for repairs

Fond du Lac County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Calumet

Calumet and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Friendshipmostly inland floodingLow

Black Wolfmostly inland floodingLow

Brothertownmostly inland floodingVery low

Taycheedahmostly inland floodingVery low

New Holsteinmostly inland floodingVery low

Calumetmostly inland floodingVery low

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