Natural hazards · Corning

Corning, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corning comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corning?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corning to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves37%Tornadoes7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Corning faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Corning flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

Disasters that hit Corning

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lincoln County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Corning itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into CorningDeclared for Lincoln County only

Lincoln County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Corning

Corning and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Corningmostly inland floodingModerate

Hardingmostly inland floodingModerate

Tomahawkmostly inland floodingModerate

Scottmostly cold wavesLow

Rib Lakemostly inland floodingLow

Goodrichmostly inland floodingLow

Greenwoodmostly inland floodingLow

Halseymostly inland floodingLow

Hamburgmostly inland floodingLow

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