Natural hazards · Jacksonport

Jacksonport, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jacksonport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1986. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jacksonport?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jacksonport to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves31%Tornadoes6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Jacksonport faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 55 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

HurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Jacksonport flood?

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

1paid claims since 1986

$25Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19862026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Door County.

Disasters that hit Jacksonport

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JacksonportDeclared for Door County only

2000

Snow

$998 to the Town of Jacksonport for repairs

Door County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Jacksonport

Jacksonport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jacksonportmostly inland floodingVery low

Sevastopolmostly inland floodingVery low

Egg Harbormostly inland floodingVery low

Baileys Harbormostly 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. Jacksonport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jacksonport’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Jacksonport. 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 Jacksonport total about $2.0M 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.