Natural hazards · Meenon

Meenon, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meenon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 2000. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Meenon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meenon to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding66%Cold waves19%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Meenon faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Meenon flood?

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

12paid claims since 2000

$94Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20002026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 6 claims, $30K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burnett County.

Disasters that hit Meenon

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MeenonDeclared for Burnett County only

2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Meenon for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$13K to the Town of Meenon for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$13K to the Town of Meenon for repairs

Burnett County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Meenon

Meenon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Meenonmostly inland floodingHigh

Sirenmostly inland floodingHigh

Sand Lakemostly inland floodingLow

Oaklandmostly inland floodingLow

Jacksonmostly inland floodingLow

Lincolnmostly cold wavesVery low

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. Meenon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Meenon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Meenon. 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 Meenon total about $2.7M 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.