Natural hazards · Little River

Little River, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Little River comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 37 claims here since 1985.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Little River?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Little River to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves17%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Little River faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

HurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 River flood?

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

37paid claims since 1985

$436Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oconto County.

Disasters that hit Little River

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Oconto County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Little River itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Little RiverDeclared for Oconto County only

Oconto County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Little River

Little River and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Little Rivermostly inland floodingHigh

Ocontomostly inland floodingHigh

Peshtigomostly cold wavesLow

Grovermostly cold wavesLow

Poundmostly cold wavesLow

Lenamostly 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 River covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Little River’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Little River. 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 River total about $2.3M 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.