Natural hazards · Day

Day, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Day comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Day?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Day to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding61%Cold waves24%Tornadoes7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Day faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Day flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marathon County.

Disasters that hit Day

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DayDeclared for Marathon County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$25K to the Town of Day for repairs

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$98K to the Town of Day for repairs

Marathon County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Day

Day and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Daymostly inland floodingHigh

Green Valleymostly inland floodingHigh

Clevelandmostly inland floodingModerate

McMillanmostly inland floodingLow

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