Natural hazards · Marshall

Marshall, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marshall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marshall?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marshall to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding52%Cold waves20%Tornadoes15%Hail7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Marshall faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% 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 Marshall flood?

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

2paid claims since 1978

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Storm: 1 claim, $15K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dane County.

Disasters that hit Marshall

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarshallDeclared for Dane County only

2018

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

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Village of Marshall for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

123 households applied for aid $192K aid approved $74K to the Village of Marshall for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$5K to the Village of Marshall for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $228 aid approved

2000

Snow

$2K to the Village of Marshall for repairs

Dane County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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

Marshall, WI natural hazards

How exposed is Marshall?

What Marshall faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Marshall flood?

Biggest named events

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Snow

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