Natural hazards · Marquette

Marquette, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marquette comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2018. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marquette?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marquette to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes14%Cold waves13%Hail11%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Marquette faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Marquette flood?

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

2paid claims since 2018

$24Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Green Lake County.

Disasters that hit Marquette

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarquetteDeclared for Green Lake County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $7K to the Village of Marquette for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $15K to the Village of Marquette for repairs

Green Lake County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Marquette 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 Marquette’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Marquette. 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.