Lake Wazeecha is calmer than 79% of U.S. communities
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lake Wazeecha comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2019.
What stands out about Lake Wazeecha’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
How exposed is Lake Wazeecha?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.
Calmer than 1,255 of the 1,849 Wisconsin towns we cover.
Lake Wazeecha covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
What Lake Wazeecha faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Cold waves
Inland flooding
Tornadoes
Hail
Does Lake Wazeecha flood? Rarely: 2 flood claims since 2019
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Lake Wazeecha, from FEMA’s records.
Lake Wazeecha isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Wood County.Federal disasters declared here
None of the disasters declared for Wood County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Lake Wazeecha itself in FEMA’s records.
Wood County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Get ready for what Lake Wazeecha actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Let faucets drip so pipes don’t freeze.
- Know where your water shutoff is.
- Never heat the house with the oven or a grill.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Lake Wazeecha and its neighbors
Lake Wazeecha has the lowest rating of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Rating | Mostly | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids | Moderate | inland flooding | 10 |
| Grant | Moderate | inland flooding | 0 |
| Lake Wazeecha | Low | cold waves | 2 |
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Most disasters here begin in April–June
The month each of Wood County’s 11 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Lake Wazeecha’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lake Wazeecha.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Lake Wazeecha, expected losses total about $2.6M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Lake Wazeecha.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.