Natural hazards · Coon

Coon, WI natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Coon 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 Coon 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 Coon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Coon 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.

Disasters that hit Coon

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CoonDeclared for Vernon County only

2019

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

$36K to the Town of Coon for repairs

2018

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

$120K to the Town of Coon for repairs

2017

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

$62K to the Town of Coon for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$40K to the Town of Coon for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$38K to the Town of Coon for repairs

Vernon County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Coon

Coon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Coonmostly inland floodingHigh

Hamburgmostly inland floodingHigh

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingHigh

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Christianamostly cold wavesLow

Viroquamostly 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. Coon 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 Coon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Coon. 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.