Natural hazards · Fountain

Fountain, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fountain comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2008. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fountain?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fountain to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding41%Heat waves24%Cold waves19%Tornadoes7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Fountain faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 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 Fountain flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Fountain, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 2008

$9Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Storm: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Fountain 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 Fountain

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FountainDeclared for Juneau County only

2018

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

$67K to the Town of Fountain for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$38K to the Town of Fountain for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Fountain for repairs

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

Around Fountain

Fountain and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fountainmostly inland floodingHigh

Cliftonmostly inland floodingHigh

Orangemostly inland floodingHigh

Plymouthmostly inland floodingHigh

Lisbonmostly 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. Fountain covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fountain’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Fountain. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Fountain total about $2.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.