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Natural hazards · Mauston

Mauston, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mauston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2018. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mauston?

59
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mauston to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding41%Heat waves24%Cold waves19%Tornadoes8%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Mauston faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

24% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Mauston flood?

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

5paid claims since 2018
$62Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20182026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mauston isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Juneau County.
Disasters that hit Mauston

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MaustonDeclared for Juneau County only
2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $18K aid approved
2018

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

167 households applied for aid $330K aid approved $41K to the City of Mauston for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

127 households applied for aid $209K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $6K to the City of Mauston for repairs
Juneau County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Mauston

Mauston and the towns around it

Lemonweir: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLindina: High, mostly inland floodingMarion: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKildare: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSeven Mile Creek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLisbon: High, mostly inland floodingGermantown: High, mostly inland floodingPlymouth: High, mostly inland floodingSummit: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMauston: Moderate, mostly inland flooding MaustonLemonweirLindina
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lindinamostly inland floodingHigh
Maustonmostly inland floodingModerate
Lemonweirmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Mauston covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mauston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mauston. 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 Mauston total about $3.4M 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.

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