Natural hazards · Dale

Dale, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dale?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dale to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding60%Cold waves19%Tornadoes10%Hail5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Dale faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 36 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Dale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Outagamie County.

Disasters that hit Dale

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DaleDeclared for Outagamie County only

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$4K to the Town of Dale for repairs

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

Around Dale

Dale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Winchestermostly inland floodingHigh

Caledoniamostly inland floodingModerate

Dalemostly inland floodingLow

Claytonmostly inland floodingLow

Hortoniamostly inland floodingLow

Greenvillemostly inland floodingVery 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. Dale covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dale. 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 Dale total about $2.6M 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.