Natural hazards · Marinette

Marinette, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marinette comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2002. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marinette?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Cold waves66%Inland flooding24%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Marinette faces

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

Cold waves

66% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once 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 Marinette flood?

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

2paid claims since 2002

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20022026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marinette County.

Disasters that hit Marinette

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarinetteDeclared for Marinette County only

2019

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

$77K to the City of Marinette for repairs

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$626K to the City of Marinette for repairs

Marinette County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Marinette

Marinette and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Porterfieldmostly cold wavesHigh

Peshtigomostly cold wavesLow

Menomineemostly cold wavesVery low

Marinettemostly 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. Marinette covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marinette’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marinette. 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 Marinette 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.