Natural hazards · Mecan

Mecan, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mecan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mecan?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mecan to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding37%Cold waves37%Tornadoes9%Hail9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Mecan faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% 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 Mecan flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marquette County.

Disasters that hit Mecan

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MecanDeclared for Marquette County only

2018

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

$17K to the Town of Mecan for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Mecan for repairs

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

Around Mecan

Mecan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mecanmostly inland floodingHigh

Shieldsmostly inland floodingHigh

Montellomostly cold wavesModerate

Marquettemostly inland floodingModerate

Neshkoromostly cold wavesModerate

Princetonmostly 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. Mecan 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 Mecan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mecan. 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.