Natural hazards · Eileen

Eileen, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eileen comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eileen?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eileen to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves51%Inland flooding32%Strong wind8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Eileen faces

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

Cold waves

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

HurricanesEarthquakesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Eileen flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bayfield County.

Disasters that hit Eileen

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EileenDeclared for Bayfield County only

2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$176K to the Town of Eileen for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$1K to the Town of Eileen for repairs

1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$47K to the Town of Eileen for repairs

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

Around Eileen

Eileen and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Eileenmostly cold wavesVery low

Pilsenmostly cold wavesVery low

Kellymostly cold wavesVery low

Ginglesmostly cold wavesVery low

Keystonemostly cold wavesVery low

Barksdalemostly cold wavesVery low

Ashlandmostly cold wavesVery 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. Eileen 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 Eileen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Eileen. 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.