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Natural hazards · Cudahy

Cudahy, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cudahy comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1997. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Cudahy?

2
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cudahy to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves58%Inland flooding19%Tornadoes13%Heat waves8%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Cudahy faces

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

Cold waves

58% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Cudahy flood?

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

4paid claims since 1997
$93Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19972026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Cudahy isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Milwaukee County.
Disasters that hit Cudahy

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CudahyDeclared for Milwaukee County only
2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

65 households applied for aid $182K aid approved
2025

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

108 households applied for aid $401K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

54 households applied for aid $89K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

213 households applied for aid $235K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $384 aid approved
Milwaukee County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Cudahy

Cudahy and the towns around it

Milwaukee: Low, mostly cold wavesSt. Francis: Very low, mostly cold wavesSouth Milwaukee: Very low, mostly cold wavesOak Creek: Very low, mostly cold wavesWauwatosa: Very low, mostly cold wavesGreenfield: Very low, mostly cold wavesGlendale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingShorewood: Moderate, mostly cold wavesWest Allis: Very low, mostly cold wavesWest Milwaukee: Very low, mostly cold wavesMenomonee Falls: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrown Deer: Low, mostly inland floodingWhitefish Bay: Moderate, mostly cold wavesCaledonia: Very low, mostly inland floodingFranklin: Very low, mostly cold wavesCudahy: Very low, mostly cold waves CudahyMilwaukeeSt. FrancisSouth MilwaukeeOak Creek
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Milwaukeemostly cold wavesLow
South Milwaukeemostly cold wavesVery low
Oak Creekmostly cold wavesVery low
Cudahymostly cold wavesVery low
St. Francismostly 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. Cudahy covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cudahy’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Cudahy. 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 Cudahy total about $5.9M 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.

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