Natural hazards · Clinton

Clinton, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clinton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clinton to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes21%Cold waves20%Hail8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Clinton faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 27 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Clinton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rock County.

Disasters that hit Clinton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClintonDeclared for Rock County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$4K to the Village of Clinton for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2000

Snow

$2K to the Village of Clinton for repairs

Rock County has had 14 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. Clinton 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 Clinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Clinton. 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.

Clinton, WI natural hazards

How exposed is Clinton?

What Clinton faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Clinton flood?

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

Severe Storms and Flooding

Snow

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