Natural hazards · King

King, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in King comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is King?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in King to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding52%Cold waves37%Tornadoes5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What King faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 36 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 King flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

Disasters that hit King

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lincoln County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching King itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into KingDeclared for Lincoln County only

Lincoln County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around King

King and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bradleymostly inland floodingModerate

Kingmostly inland floodingModerate

Harrisonmostly inland floodingModerate

Skanawanmostly inland floodingModerate

Woodboromostly 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. King covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to King’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of King. 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 King 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.