Natural hazards · Fox Point

Fox Point, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fox Point comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 27 claims here since 1978. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fox Point?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fox Point to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves43%Inland flooding42%Tornadoes8%Heat waves6%Everything else1%

By hazard

What Fox Point faces

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

Cold waves

43% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Fox Point flood?

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

27paid claims since 1978

$308Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

2025-08-MilwaukeeMetro-Flood: 9 claims, $226K
Storm: 1 claim, $22K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Milwaukee County.

Disasters that hit Fox Point

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Fox PointDeclared for Milwaukee County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

2025

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

36 households applied for aid $201K aid approved

2020

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$103K to the Village of Fox Point for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$22K to the Village of Fox Point for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $65K aid approved $94K to the Village of Fox Point for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $61K to the Village of Fox Point for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$25K to the Village of Fox Point for repairs

2000

Snow

$10K to the Village of Fox Point for repairs

Milwaukee County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Fox Point

Fox Point and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

River Hillsmostly inland floodingHigh

Whitefish Baymostly cold wavesModerate

Glendalemostly inland floodingModerate

Fox Pointmostly cold wavesLow

Baysidemostly cold wavesVery 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. Fox Point covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fox Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Fox Point. 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 Fox Point total about $3.0M 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.