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Natural hazards · Carson

Carson, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Carson?

52
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carson to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves22%Tornadoes10%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Carson 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
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Carson flood?

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CarsonDeclared for Portage County only
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$59K to the Town of Carson for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$67K to the Town of Carson for repairs
2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$9K to the Town of Carson for repairs
Portage County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Carson

Carson and the towns around it

Hull: High, mostly inland floodingJunction City: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLinwood: High, mostly inland floodingSherry: Low, mostly inland floodingRudolph: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEau Pleine: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStevens Point: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDewey: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWhiting: High, mostly inland floodingPlover: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlover: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSigel: Moderate, mostly inland floodingArpin: Low, mostly inland floodingMilladore: Low, mostly inland floodingBiron: High, mostly inland floodingWisconsin Rapids: Low, mostly inland floodingBergen: High, mostly inland floodingMilladore: Low, mostly inland floodingCarson: Moderate, mostly inland flooding CarsonHullJunction CityLinwoodSherryRudolphEau Pleine
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hullmostly inland floodingHigh
Linwoodmostly inland floodingHigh
Carsonmostly inland floodingModerate
Junction Citymostly inland floodingModerate
Rudolphmostly inland floodingModerate
Eau Pleinemostly inland floodingModerate
Sherrymostly inland floodingLow
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. Carson 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 Carson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Carson. 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.

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