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Natural hazards · Maple

Maple, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maple comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Maple?

15
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maple to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves55%Inland flooding35%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Maple faces

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

Cold waves

55% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesEarthquakesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Maple flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Maple isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Douglas County.
Disasters that hit Maple

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MapleDeclared for Douglas County only
2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Maple for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$20K to the Town of Maple for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$57K to the Town of Maple for repairs
2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$27K to the Town of Maple for repairs
1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$43K to the Town of Maple for repairs
Douglas County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Maple

Maple and the towns around it

Brule: Very low, mostly cold wavesCloverland: Very low, mostly cold wavesAmnicon: Very low, mostly cold wavesPoplar: Very low, mostly cold wavesLakeside: Very low, mostly cold wavesLake Nebagamon: Very low, mostly cold wavesHughes: Very low, mostly cold wavesOulu: Very low, mostly cold wavesHighland: Low, mostly cold wavesOrienta: Very low, mostly cold wavesParkland: Low, mostly cold wavesHawthorne: Very low, mostly cold wavesOakland: Low, mostly cold wavesBennett: Very low, mostly cold wavesMaple: Very low, mostly cold waves MapleBruleCloverlandAmniconPoplarLakesideLake Nebagamon
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Maplemostly cold wavesVery low
Brulemostly cold wavesVery low
Cloverlandmostly cold wavesVery low
Amniconmostly cold wavesVery low
Poplarmostly cold wavesVery low
Lakesidemostly cold wavesVery low
Lake Nebagamonmostly cold wavesVery 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. Maple 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 Maple’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Maple. 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.

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