Natural hazards · Lebanon

Lebanon, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lebanon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lebanon?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lebanon to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding53%Cold waves16%Tornadoes15%Hail7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Lebanon faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Lebanon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dodge County.

Disasters that hit Lebanon

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LebanonDeclared for Dodge County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Dodge County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Lebanon

Lebanon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lebanonmostly inland floodingLow

Hustisfordmostly inland floodingLow

Ixoniamostly inland floodingLow

Emmetmostly inland floodingVery low

Ashippunmostly inland floodingVery 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. Lebanon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lebanon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lebanon. 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 Lebanon total about $2.0M 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.