Natural hazards · Edson

Edson, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2016. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edson?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edson to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding37%Cold waves37%Tornadoes11%Strong wind6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Edson faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Edson flood?

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

3paid claims since 2016

$199Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chippewa County.

Disasters that hit Edson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdsonDeclared for Chippewa County only

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$53K to the Town of Edson for repairs

Chippewa County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Edson

Edson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wilsonmostly inland floodingHigh

Delmarmostly inland floodingLow

Edsonmostly inland floodingLow

Sigelmostly inland floodingLow

Wordenmostly 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. Edson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Edson’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Edson. 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 Edson total about $2.4M 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.