Natural hazards · Little Chute

Little Chute, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Little Chute comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Little Chute?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Little Chute to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding35%Cold waves34%Tornadoes15%Hail6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Little Chute faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Little Chute flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Outagamie County.

Disasters that hit Little Chute

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Little Chute itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of Little Chute.

Brought FEMA money into Little ChuteDeclared for Outagamie County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $7K aid approved

2019

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

$96K to the Village of Little Chute for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

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

Around Little Chute

Little Chute and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kaukaunamostly inland floodingVery low

Vandenbroekmostly inland floodingVery low

Combined Locksmostly inland floodingVery low

Appletonmostly cold wavesVery low

Little Chutemostly inland floodingVery low

Kimberlymostly cold wavesVery low

Grand Chutemostly 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. Little Chute covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Little Chute’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Little Chute. 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 Little Chute total about $2.6M 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.