Natural hazards · Hewitt

Hewitt, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hewitt comes from inland flooding, 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 Hewitt?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hewitt to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding42%Cold waves37%Tornadoes12%Hail6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Hewitt 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

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Hewitt flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wood County.

Disasters that hit Hewitt

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HewittDeclared for Wood County only

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Village of Hewitt for repairs

Wood County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Hewitt covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hewitt’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Hewitt. 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 Hewitt total about $2.1M 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.