Natural hazards · Menomonie

Menomonie, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Menomonie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Menomonie?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Menomonie to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding29%Cold waves25%Tornadoes21%Strong wind11%Hail7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Menomonie faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Menomonie flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dunn County.

Disasters that hit Menomonie

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MenomonieDeclared for Dunn County only

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the City of Menomonie for repairs

Dunn County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Menomonie

Menomonie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Red Cedarmostly inland floodingModerate

Menomoniemostly inland floodingLow

Menomoniemostly 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. Menomonie covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Menomonie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Menomonie. 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 Menomonie total about $5.5M 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.