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Natural hazards · Hazel Green

Hazel Green, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hazel Green comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hazel Green?

19
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hazel Green to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding35%Cold waves20%Tornadoes18%Strong wind9%Hail8%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Hazel Green faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Hazel Green flood?

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

5paid claims since 1978
$18Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hazel Green isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Grant County.
Disasters that hit Hazel Green

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Hazel GreenDeclared for Grant County only
2017

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

$19K to the Town of Hazel Green for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the Town of Hazel Green for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Hazel Green for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Hazel Green for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Hazel Green for repairs
Grant County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Hazel Green

Hazel Green and the towns around it

Hazel Green: Very low, mostly inland floodingMenominee: Low, mostly inland floodingJamestown: Very low, mostly inland floodingVinegar Hill: Low, mostly inland floodingCuba City: Very low, mostly inland floodingBenton: Low, mostly cold wavesSmelser: Very low, mostly inland floodingRawlins: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Galena: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDunleith: Low, mostly inland floodingDubuque: Low, mostly inland floodingPotosi: Low, mostly inland floodingParis: Very low, mostly inland floodingEast Dubuque: Low, mostly inland floodingCouncil Hill: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Diggings: Low, mostly cold wavesElk Grove: Low, mostly cold wavesPlatteville: Very low, mostly inland floodingHazel Green: Very low, mostly inland flooding Hazel GreenHazel GreenMenomineeJamestownVinegar HillCuba CityBentonSmelser
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bentonmostly cold wavesLow
Menomineemostly inland floodingLow
Vinegar Hillmostly inland floodingLow
Hazel Greenmostly inland floodingVery low
Hazel Greenmostly inland floodingVery low
Jamestownmostly inland floodingVery low
Cuba Citymostly inland floodingVery low
Smelsermostly 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. Hazel Green covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hazel Green’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hazel Green. 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 Hazel Green total about $1.5M 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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