Natural hazards · Ellington

Ellington, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ellington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ellington?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ellington to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding60%Cold waves21%Tornadoes9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Ellington faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 21 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 Ellington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Outagamie County.

Disasters that hit Ellington

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EllingtonDeclared for Outagamie County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Ellington for repairs

2019

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

$34K to the Town of Ellington for repairs

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

Around Ellington

Ellington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ellingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Bovinamostly inland floodingLow

Hortonvillemostly inland floodingLow

Libertymostly inland floodingLow

Hortoniamostly inland floodingLow

Centermostly inland floodingVery low

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