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Natural hazards · Hales Corners

Hales Corners, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hales Corners comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 2000. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hales Corners?

7
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hales Corners to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves53%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes12%Heat waves8%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Hales Corners faces

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

Cold waves

53% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hales Corners flood?

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

10paid claims since 2000
$751Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20002026

Biggest named events

  • 2025-08-MilwaukeeMetro-Flood: 6 claims, $732K
  • Storm: 2 claims, $13K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hales Corners 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 Hales Corners

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Hales CornersDeclared for Milwaukee County only
2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $33K aid approved
2025

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

183 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Village of Hales Corners for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved $43K to the Village of Hales Corners for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

69 households applied for aid $48K aid approved $61K to the Village of Hales Corners for repairs
2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$6K to the Village of Hales Corners for repairs
2000

Snow

$7K to the Village of Hales Corners for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$25K to the Village of Hales Corners for repairs
Milwaukee County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Hales Corners

Hales Corners and the towns around it

Greenfield: Very low, mostly cold wavesGreendale: Very low, mostly cold wavesFranklin: Very low, mostly cold wavesNew Berlin: Very low, mostly inland floodingMilwaukee: Low, mostly cold wavesWest Allis: Very low, mostly cold wavesMuskego: Low, mostly inland floodingOak Creek: Very low, mostly cold wavesRaymond: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingWaukesha: Low, mostly inland floodingVernon: Low, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingHales Corners: Very low, mostly cold waves Hales CornersGreenfieldGreendaleFranklinNew Berlin
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Greendalemostly cold wavesVery low
Greenfieldmostly cold wavesVery low
Hales Cornersmostly cold wavesVery low
New Berlinmostly inland floodingVery low
Franklinmostly 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. Hales Corners covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hales Corners’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Hales Corners. 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 Hales Corners total about $2.7M 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.

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