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Menomonee Falls, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Menomonee Falls comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 44 claims here since 1986. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Menomonee Falls?

18
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Menomonee Falls to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves22%Tornadoes13%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Menomonee Falls faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Menomonee Falls flood?

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

44paid claims since 1986
$2.1Mpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19862026

Biggest named events

  • 2025-08-MilwaukeeMetro-Flood: 24 claims, $1.8M
  • 2026-04-Flooding: 1 claim, $3K
  • Storm: 1 claim, $1K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

22flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Menomonee Falls

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Menomonee FallsDeclared for Waukesha County only
2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

99 households applied for aid $345K aid approved
2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Mudslides

1,087 households applied for aid $7.2M aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

87 households applied for aid $136K aid approved $48K to the Village of Menomonee Falls for repairs
2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$46K to the Village of Menomonee Falls for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2000

Snow

$33K to the Village of Menomonee Falls for repairs
Waukesha County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Menomonee Falls

Menomonee Falls and the towns around it

Lannon: Low, mostly inland floodingMilwaukee: Low, mostly cold wavesLisbon: Very low, mostly inland floodingButler: Very low, mostly inland floodingGermantown: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingPewaukee: Very low, mostly inland floodingWauwatosa: Very low, mostly cold wavesGreenfield: Very low, mostly cold wavesGlendale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingShorewood: Moderate, mostly cold wavesWest Allis: Very low, mostly cold wavesSt. Francis: Very low, mostly cold wavesWest Milwaukee: Very low, mostly cold wavesBrown Deer: Low, mostly inland floodingOak Creek: Very low, mostly cold wavesWhitefish Bay: Moderate, mostly cold wavesCudahy: Very low, mostly cold wavesSussex: Low, mostly inland floodingMerton: Low, mostly inland floodingMerton: Low, mostly inland floodingRichfield: Low, mostly inland floodingHartland: Low, mostly inland floodingDelafield: Very low, mostly inland floodingGermantown: Very low, mostly inland floodingJackson: Very low, mostly inland floodingElm Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Berlin: Very low, mostly inland floodingWaukesha: Very low, mostly inland floodingPewaukee: Very low, mostly inland floodingMenomonee Falls: Very low, mostly inland flooding Menomonee FallsLannonMilwaukeeLisbonButlerGermantownBrookfieldBrookfieldPewaukee
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Milwaukeemostly cold wavesLow
Lannonmostly inland floodingLow
Menomonee Fallsmostly inland floodingVery low
Lisbonmostly inland floodingVery low
Brookfieldmostly inland floodingVery low
Germantownmostly inland floodingVery low
Butlermostly inland floodingVery low
Brookfieldmostly inland floodingVery low
Pewaukeemostly inland floodingVery 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. Menomonee Falls covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Menomonee Falls’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Menomonee Falls. 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 Menomonee Falls total about $11.5M 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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