Natural hazards · Lemonweir

Lemonweir, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lemonweir comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2018. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lemonweir?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lemonweir to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding37%Heat waves26%Cold waves20%Tornadoes8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Lemonweir faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Lemonweir flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Lemonweir, from FEMA’s records.

5paid claims since 2018

$85Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Juneau County.

Disasters that hit Lemonweir

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LemonweirDeclared for Juneau County only

2018

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Landslides

$48K to the Town of Lemonweir for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$47K to the Town of Lemonweir for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Lemonweir for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Lemonweir for repairs

Juneau County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Lemonweir

Lemonweir and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Germantownmostly inland floodingHigh

Lindinamostly inland floodingHigh

Lisbonmostly inland floodingHigh

Maustonmostly inland floodingModerate

Lemonweirmostly inland floodingModerate

Marionmostly inland floodingModerate

Kildaremostly inland floodingModerate

Seven Mile Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Lemonweir covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lemonweir’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lemonweir. 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 Lemonweir total about $3.9M 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.