Natural hazards · Gresham

Gresham, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gresham comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gresham?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gresham to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves45%Inland flooding34%Tornadoes9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Gresham faces

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

Cold waves

45% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Gresham flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shawano County.

Disasters that hit Gresham

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreshamDeclared for Shawano County only

2019

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

$11K to the Village of Gresham for repairs

Shawano County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Gresham

Gresham and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greshammostly cold wavesLow

Hermanmostly cold wavesLow

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