Natural hazards · Kaukauna

Kaukauna, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kaukauna comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2015. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kaukauna?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kaukauna to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding40%Cold waves33%Tornadoes14%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Kaukauna faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kaukauna flood?

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

2paid claims since 2015

$11Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20152026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Outagamie County.

Disasters that hit Kaukauna

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KaukaunaDeclared for Outagamie County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$115K to the City of Kaukauna for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$3K to the City of Kaukauna for repairs

Outagamie County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Kaukauna

Kaukauna and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Harrisonmostly inland floodingVery low

Buchananmostly inland floodingVery low

Kaukaunamostly inland floodingVery low

Vandenbroekmostly inland floodingVery low

Kaukaunamostly inland floodingVery low

Combined Locksmostly inland floodingVery low

Little Chutemostly 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. Kaukauna covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kaukauna’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kaukauna. 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 Kaukauna total about $3.1M 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.