Natural hazards · Chimney Rock

Chimney Rock, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chimney Rock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chimney Rock?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chimney Rock to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves19%Tornadoes8%Hail6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Chimney Rock 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

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Chimney Rock flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Trempealeau County.

Disasters that hit Chimney Rock

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Chimney RockDeclared for Trempealeau County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Chimney Rock for repairs

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

Around Chimney Rock

Chimney Rock and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Burnsidemostly inland floodingHigh

Halemostly inland floodingHigh

Chimney Rockmostly inland floodingModerate

Albionmostly inland floodingModerate

Dovermostly 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. Chimney Rock 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 Chimney Rock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Chimney Rock. 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.