Natural hazards · Greenbush

Greenbush, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenbush comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low 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 Greenbush?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenbush to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes21%Cold waves21%Hail10%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Greenbush faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Greenbush flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sheboygan County.

Disasters that hit Greenbush

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenbushDeclared for Sheboygan County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2000

Snow

$2K to the Town of Greenbush for repairs

Sheboygan County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Greenbush

Greenbush and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mitchellmostly inland floodingVery low

Plymouthmostly inland floodingVery low

Greenbushmostly inland floodingVery low

Glenbeulahmostly inland floodingVery low

Russellmostly inland floodingVery low

Rhinemostly inland floodingVery low

Forestmostly inland floodingVery 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. Greenbush covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greenbush’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Greenbush. 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 Greenbush total about $1.1M 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.