Natural hazards · Juneau

Juneau, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Juneau comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Juneau?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Juneau to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes20%Cold waves20%Hail10%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Juneau faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Juneau flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dodge County.

Disasters that hit Juneau

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JuneauDeclared for Dodge County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the City of Juneau for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

54 households applied for aid $109K aid approved $51K to the City of Juneau for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$3K to the City of Juneau for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $13K to the City of Juneau for repairs

Dodge County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter 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. Juneau covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Juneau’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Juneau. 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 Juneau total about $1.7M 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.