Natural hazards · Gillett

Gillett, WI natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gillett?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gillett to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves31%Tornadoes9%Lightning6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Gillett faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 58 years in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Gillett flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oconto County.

Disasters that hit Gillett

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GillettDeclared for Oconto County only

Oconto County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

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