Natural hazards · Holway

Holway, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Holway 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 Holway?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Holway to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding41%Cold waves36%Tornadoes10%Lightning5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Holway faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Holway flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Taylor County.

Disasters that hit Holway

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HolwayDeclared for Taylor County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the Town of Holway for repairs

Taylor County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Holway

Holway and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Maplehurstmostly inland floodingLow

Hoardmostly inland floodingLow

Holwaymostly inland floodingLow

Little Blackmostly inland floodingLow

Hammelmostly inland floodingLow

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. Holway 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 Holway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Holway. 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.