Natural hazards · De Pere

De Pere, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in De Pere comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2004. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is De Pere?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding45%Cold waves31%Tornadoes14%Everything else10%

By hazard

What De Pere faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 De Pere flood?

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

2paid claims since 2004

$19Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

Disasters that hit De Pere

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into De PereDeclared for Brown County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

29 households applied for aid $116K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

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

Around De Pere

De Pere and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Allouezmostly inland floodingHigh

Rocklandmostly inland floodingLow

Ledgeviewmostly inland floodingLow

De Peremostly inland floodingVery low

Ashwaubenonmostly inland floodingVery low

Lawrencemostly 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. De Pere covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to De Pere’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of De Pere. 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 De Pere total about $6.1M 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.