Natural hazards · Catawba

Catawba, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Catawba comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Catawba?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Catawba to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves41%Tornadoes7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Catawba faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Catawba flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Price County.

Disasters that hit Catawba

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Price County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Catawba itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into CatawbaDeclared for Price County only

Price County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Catawba

Catawba and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Catawbamostly inland floodingLow

Harmonymostly inland floodingLow

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