Natural hazards · Kendall

Kendall, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kendall comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kendall?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kendall to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves45%Inland flooding29%Tornadoes10%Hail8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Kendall faces

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

Cold waves

45% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Kendall flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lafayette County.

Disasters that hit Kendall

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KendallDeclared for Lafayette County only

2017

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

$19K to the Town of Kendall for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Town of Kendall for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Kendall for repairs

Lafayette County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Kendall

Kendall and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kendallmostly cold wavesModerate

Willow Springsmostly cold wavesModerate

Belmontmostly cold wavesLow

Seymourmostly cold wavesLow

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