Natural hazards · Fairchild

Fairchild, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fairchild comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Fairchild?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fairchild to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves22%Tornadoes9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Fairchild faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Fairchild flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Eau Claire County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Fairchild

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FairchildDeclared for Eau Claire County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Fairchild

Fairchild and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fairchildmostly inland floodingHigh

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