Natural hazards · Hazelhurst

Hazelhurst, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hazelhurst comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very 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 Hazelhurst?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hazelhurst to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves51%Inland flooding37%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hazelhurst faces

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

Cold waves

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Hazelhurst flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oneida County.

Disasters that hit Hazelhurst

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HazelhurstDeclared for Oneida County only

1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$4K to the Town of Hazelhurst for repairs

Oneida County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Hazelhurst

Hazelhurst and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cassianmostly inland floodingLow

Hazelhurstmostly cold wavesVery low

Lake Tomahawkmostly cold wavesVery low

Minocquamostly 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. Hazelhurst covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hazelhurst’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hazelhurst. 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 Hazelhurst 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.