Natural hazards · Knight

Knight, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Knight comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Knight?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Knight 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 Knight 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 Knight flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Knight 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 Knight

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KnightDeclared for Iron County only

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$7K to the Town of Knight for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Knight for repairs

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

Around Knight

Knight and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Agendamostly inland floodingLow

Jacobsmostly inland floodingLow

Mercermostly inland floodingLow

Knightmostly cold wavesVery low

Andersonmostly cold wavesVery low

Pencemostly cold wavesVery low

Careymostly cold wavesVery low

Saxonmostly cold wavesVery low

Kimballmostly 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. Knight covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Knight’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Knight. 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 Knight total about $854K 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.