Natural hazards · Glencoe

Glencoe, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glencoe comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glencoe?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glencoe to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves19%Tornadoes12%Hail7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Glencoe faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Glencoe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Buffalo County.

Disasters that hit Glencoe

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlencoeDeclared for Buffalo County only

2017

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

$50K to the Town of Glencoe for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$29K to the Town of Glencoe for repairs

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

Around Glencoe

Glencoe and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Arcadiamostly inland floodingModerate

Montanamostly inland floodingModerate

Glencoemostly inland floodingModerate

Waumandeemostly inland floodingModerate

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