Natural hazards · Dousman

Dousman, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dousman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2008. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dousman?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dousman to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves16%Tornadoes15%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Dousman faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Dousman flood?

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

1paid claims since 2008

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Storm: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Waukesha County.

Disasters that hit Dousman

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DousmanDeclared for Waukesha County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $10K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

61 households applied for aid $107K aid approved $28K to the Village of Dousman for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$2K to the Village of Dousman for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $276 aid approved

2000

Snow

$2K to the Village of Dousman for repairs

Waukesha County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Dousman

Dousman and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Dousmanmostly inland floodingModerate

Summitmostly inland floodingLow

Ottawamostly 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. Dousman 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 Dousman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Dousman. 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.