Natural hazards · Meteor

Meteor, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meteor comes from cold waves, 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 Meteor?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meteor to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves57%Inland flooding36%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Meteor faces

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

Cold waves

57% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years 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 Meteor flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sawyer County.

Disasters that hit Meteor

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MeteorDeclared for Sawyer County only

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$48K to the Town of Meteor for repairs

1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$64K to the Town of Meteor for repairs

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

Around Meteor

Meteor and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Meteormostly cold wavesHigh

Weirgormostly cold wavesHigh

Couderaymostly cold wavesHigh

Murrymostly inland floodingModerate

Edgewatermostly cold wavesModerate

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