Natural hazards · Cashton

Cashton, WI natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding47%Cold waves29%Tornadoes8%Hail6%Strong wind5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Cashton faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Cashton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Cashton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CashtonDeclared for Monroe County only

2018

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Landslides

76 households applied for aid $262K aid approved $69K to the Village of Cashton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $59K aid approved $24K to the Village of Cashton for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Monroe County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Cashton

Cashton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cashtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Portlandmostly inland floodingModerate

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingModerate

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