Natural hazards · Clintonville

Clintonville, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clintonville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clintonville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clintonville to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves28%Tornadoes12%Hail6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Clintonville faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Clintonville flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979

$231Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

2026-04-Flooding: 2 claims, $135K

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. Clintonville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Waupaca County.

Disasters that hit Clintonville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClintonvilleDeclared for Waupaca County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $22K aid approved $27K to the City of Clintonville for repairs

2019

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

$52K to the City of Clintonville for repairs

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

Around Clintonville

Clintonville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clintonvillemostly inland floodingLow

Mattesonmostly inland floodingLow

Larrabeemostly cold wavesVery 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. Clintonville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clintonville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Clintonville. 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 Clintonville total about $1.9M 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.