Natural hazards · Kimball

Kimball, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kimball comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kimball?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kimball to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves48%Inland flooding40%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Kimball faces

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

Cold waves

48% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

HurricanesEarthquakesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kimball flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Iron County.

Disasters that hit Kimball

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KimballDeclared for Iron County only

2018

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

$24K to the Town of Kimball for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$34K to the Town of Kimball for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$32K to the Town of Kimball for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$4K to the Town of Kimball for repairs

1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$2K to the Town of Kimball for repairs

Iron County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Kimball

Kimball and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kimballmostly cold wavesVery low

Saxonmostly cold wavesVery low

Pencemostly cold wavesVery low

Knightmostly cold wavesVery low

Ironwoodmostly inland floodingVery low

Hurleymostly cold wavesVery low

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