Natural hazards · Eaton

Eaton, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eaton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eaton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eaton to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves31%Tornadoes12%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Eaton faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% 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

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 59 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Eaton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Eaton 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 Eaton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Brown County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Eaton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into EatonDeclared for Brown County only

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

Around Eaton

Eaton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Humboldtmostly inland floodingVery low

Eatonmostly inland floodingVery low

New Denmarkmostly inland floodingVery low

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