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Natural hazards · Mead

Mead, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mead comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Mead?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mead to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves29%Tornadoes9%Hail5%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Mead faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mead flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MeadDeclared for Clark County only
2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Mead for repairs
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$187K to the Town of Mead for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Mead for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$100K to the Town of Mead for repairs
2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$6K to the Town of Mead for repairs
Clark County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Mead

Mead and the towns around it

Hendren: Moderate, mostly inland floodingButler: Low, mostly inland floodingReseburg: Low, mostly inland floodingWarner: Low, mostly inland floodingFoster: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSeif: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEaton: Low, mostly inland floodingWorden: Low, mostly inland floodingWilson: High, mostly inland floodingWithee: Low, mostly inland floodingLongwood: Low, mostly inland floodingGreenwood: Low, mostly inland floodingBeaver: Low, mostly inland floodingMead: Low, mostly inland flooding MeadHendrenButlerReseburgWarner
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hendrenmostly inland floodingModerate
Meadmostly inland floodingLow
Butlermostly inland floodingLow
Reseburgmostly inland floodingLow
Warnermostly inland floodingLow
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. Mead covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mead’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mead. 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 Mead total about $2.2M 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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