Natural hazards · Leeds

Leeds, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leeds comes from hail, and overall the risk is high 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 Leeds?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leeds to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail46%Inland flooding25%Cold waves12%Tornadoes9%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Leeds faces

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

Hail

46% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years 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 Leeds flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Columbia County.

Disasters that hit Leeds

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeedsDeclared for Columbia County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$80K to the Town of Leeds for repairs

2000

Snow

$2K to the Town of Leeds for repairs

Columbia County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Leeds

Leeds and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Arlingtonmostly inland floodingVery high

Leedsmostly hailHigh

Lowvillemostly hailHigh

Hampdenmostly hailHigh

Windsormostly inland floodingLow

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