Natural hazards · Kickapoo

Kickapoo, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kickapoo comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kickapoo?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kickapoo to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves32%Tornadoes7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Kickapoo faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Kickapoo flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Vernon County.

Disasters that hit Kickapoo

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KickapooDeclared for Vernon County only

2018

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

$15K to the Town of Kickapoo for repairs

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$139K to the Town of Kickapoo for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$92K to the Town of Kickapoo for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$208K to the Town of Kickapoo for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$136K to the Town of Kickapoo for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$12K to the Town of Kickapoo for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$157K to the Town of Kickapoo for repairs

Vernon County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Kickapoo

Kickapoo and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sylvanmostly inland floodingHigh

Kickapoomostly inland floodingHigh

Libertymostly inland floodingHigh

Franklinmostly inland floodingHigh

Claytonmostly inland floodingLow

Viroquamostly cold wavesVery 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. Kickapoo 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 Kickapoo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kickapoo. 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.