Natural hazards · Clearfield

Clearfield, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clearfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Clearfield?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clearfield to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding58%Heat waves16%Cold waves13%Tornadoes6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Clearfield faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 52 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Clearfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Juneau County.

Disasters that hit Clearfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClearfieldDeclared for Juneau County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Clearfield for repairs

Juneau County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Clearfield

Clearfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Germantownmostly inland floodingHigh

Clearfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Necedahmostly inland floodingHigh

Orangemostly inland floodingHigh

Lisbonmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Clearfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clearfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Clearfield. 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 Clearfield total about $1.8M 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.