Natural hazards · Center

Center, WI natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Center?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Center to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves24%Tornadoes12%Hail6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Center faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 59 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% 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 Center flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Outagamie County.

Disasters that hit Center

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into CenterDeclared for Outagamie County only

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

Around Center

Center and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Black Creekmostly inland floodingLow

Ellingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Freedommostly inland floodingVery low

Osbornmostly inland floodingVery low

Centermostly inland floodingVery low

Appletonmostly cold wavesVery low

Grand Chutemostly inland floodingVery low

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. Center covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Center’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Center. 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 Center total about $1.5M 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.