Natural hazards · Ettrick

Ettrick, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ettrick comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ettrick?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ettrick to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves18%Tornadoes10%Hail5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Ettrick faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 31 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ettrick flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Trempealeau County.

Disasters that hit Ettrick

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EttrickDeclared for Trempealeau County only

2017

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

$24K to the Village of Ettrick for repairs

Trempealeau County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Ettrick 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 Ettrick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Ettrick. 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.