Natural hazards · Easton

Easton, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Easton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1986. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Easton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Easton to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding40%Cold waves33%Tornadoes10%Hail6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Easton faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

33% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Hail

6% 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 Easton flood?

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

1paid claims since 1986

$572paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19862026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Easton 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 Easton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EastonDeclared for Adams County only

2018

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

$41K to the Town of Easton for repairs

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$11K to the Town of Easton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$28K to the Town of Easton for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$37K to the Town of Easton for repairs

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

Around Easton

Easton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Quincymostly inland floodingVery high

Eastonmostly inland floodingHigh

New Chestermostly inland floodingHigh

Springvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Adamsmostly cold wavesLow

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. Easton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Easton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Easton. 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 Easton total about $2.8M 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.