Natural hazards · Cascade

Cascade, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cascade 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 Cascade?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cascade to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves16%Tornadoes14%Hail6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Cascade faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 66 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 Cascade flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sheboygan County.

Disasters that hit Cascade

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CascadeDeclared for Sheboygan County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Sheboygan County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Cascade 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 Cascade’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Cascade. 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.