Natural hazards · Daniels

Daniels, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Daniels comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2001. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Daniels?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Daniels to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves36%Inland flooding33%Tornadoes11%Strong wind6%Hail6%Lightning5%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Daniels faces

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

Cold waves

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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 Daniels flood?

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

1paid claims since 2001

$9Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20012026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 1 claim, $9K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burnett County.

Disasters that hit Daniels

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DanielsDeclared for Burnett County only

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$161K to the Town of Daniels for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Daniels for repairs

Burnett County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Daniels

Daniels and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sirenmostly inland floodingHigh

Wood Rivermostly inland floodingLow

Trade Lakemostly inland floodingLow

West Swedenmostly inland floodingLow

Clam Fallsmostly inland floodingLow

Danielsmostly cold wavesVery low

Lincolnmostly 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. Daniels covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Daniels’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Daniels. 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 Daniels total about $1.4M 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.