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Natural hazards · Chaseburg

Chaseburg, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chaseburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Chaseburg?

61
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chaseburg to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding43%Cold waves35%Tornadoes7%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Chaseburg faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

35% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Chaseburg flood?

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

16paid claims since 1978
$366Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19782026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Chaseburg isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Vernon County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

15flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Chaseburg

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChaseburgDeclared for Vernon County only
2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $790 aid approved
2019

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

$4K to the Village of Chaseburg for repairs
2018

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

24 households applied for aid $91K aid approved $29K to the Village of Chaseburg for repairs
2017

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

$22K to the Village of Chaseburg for repairs
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$4K to the Village of Chaseburg for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$8K to the Village of Chaseburg for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $39K aid approved $18K to the Village of Chaseburg for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

96 households applied for aid $324K aid approved $206K to the Village of Chaseburg for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved $5K to the Village of Chaseburg for repairs
2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$2K to the Village of Chaseburg for repairs
Vernon County has had 21 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. Chaseburg 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 Chaseburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Chaseburg. 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.

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