Natural hazards · Cassel

Cassel, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cassel comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1993. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cassel?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cassel to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves30%Tornadoes8%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Cassel faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

30% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 26 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 Cassel flood?

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

3paid claims since 1993

$19Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 1 claim, $13K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marathon County.

Disasters that hit Cassel

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CasselDeclared for Marathon County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Cassel for repairs

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

Around Cassel

Cassel and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Emmetmostly inland floodingHigh

Casselmostly inland floodingLow

Marathon Citymostly inland floodingLow

Edgarmostly inland floodingLow

Wienmostly inland floodingLow

Marathonmostly inland floodingLow

Rib Fallsmostly 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. Cassel covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cassel’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cassel. 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 Cassel total about $4.0M 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.