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Natural hazards · Hickory Grove

Hickory Grove, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hickory Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hickory Grove?

27
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding48%Cold waves17%Tornadoes12%Hail8%Strong wind6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Hickory Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

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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 Hickory Grove flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hickory Grove 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 Hickory Grove

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Hickory GroveDeclared for Grant County only
2017

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

$16K to the Town of Hickory Grove for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$240K to the Town of Hickory Grove for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Town of Hickory Grove for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$23K to the Town of Hickory Grove for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Hickory Grove for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Hickory Grove for repairs
Grant County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Hickory Grove

Hickory Grove and the towns around it

Fennimore: Very low, mostly inland floodingMarion: Very low, mostly inland floodingWatterstown: High, mostly inland floodingCastle Rock: Low, mostly inland floodingFennimore: Very low, mostly inland floodingWingville: Low, mostly inland floodingMount Ida: Very low, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Low, mostly inland floodingMarietta: Low, mostly inland floodingBoscobel: High, mostly inland floodingWoodman: High, mostly inland floodingRichwood: High, mostly inland floodingBoscobel: High, mostly inland floodingMuscoda: Low, mostly inland floodingHighland: High, mostly inland floodingHickory Grove: Low, mostly inland flooding Hickory GroveFennimoreMarionWatterstownCastle Rock
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Watterstownmostly inland floodingHigh
Hickory Grovemostly inland floodingLow
Castle Rockmostly inland floodingLow
Fennimoremostly inland floodingVery low
Marionmostly 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. Hickory Grove 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 Hickory Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hickory Grove. 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.

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