Natural hazards · Dell Prairie

Dell Prairie, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dell Prairie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dell Prairie?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dell Prairie to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves24%Tornadoes11%Hail10%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Dell Prairie faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Dell Prairie flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Adams County.

Disasters that hit Dell Prairie

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Dell PrairieDeclared for Adams County only

2018

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Landslides

$20K to the Town of Dell Prairie for repairs

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$9K to the Town of Dell Prairie for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Dell Prairie for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$15K to the Town of Dell Prairie for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Dell Prairie for repairs

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

Around Dell Prairie

Dell Prairie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Newportmostly hailHigh

Springvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Lyndonmostly inland floodingModerate

Kildaremostly inland floodingModerate

Dell Prairiemostly inland floodingModerate

New Havenmostly inland floodingModerate

Wisconsin Dellsmostly 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. Dell Prairie 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 Dell Prairie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dell Prairie. 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.