Natural hazards · Finley

Finley, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Finley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Finley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Finley to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding54%Heat waves18%Cold waves14%Tornadoes6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Finley faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Finley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Juneau County.

Disasters that hit Finley

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Juneau County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Finley itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into FinleyDeclared for Juneau County only

Juneau County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Finley

Finley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Finleymostly inland floodingHigh

Armeniamostly inland floodingHigh

Kingstonmostly inland floodingHigh

Remingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

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