Natural hazards · Metomen

Metomen, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Metomen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low 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 Metomen?

12
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Metomen to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes20%Cold waves16%Hail9%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Metomen faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% 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 Metomen flood?

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

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

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MetomenDeclared for Fond du Lac County only
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$28K to the Town of Metomen for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Metomen for repairs
Fond du Lac County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Metomen

Metomen and the towns around it

Ripon: Very low, mostly inland floodingSpringvale: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreen Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingAlto: Very low, mostly inland floodingRipon: Low, mostly inland floodingRosendale: Very low, mostly inland floodingNepeuskun: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrooklyn: Low, mostly inland floodingRosendale: Very low, mostly inland floodingWaupun: Low, mostly inland floodingLamartine: Very low, mostly inland floodingPrinceton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreen Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingMarkesan: Low, mostly inland floodingMarquette: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMackford: Low, mostly inland floodingManchester: Low, mostly inland floodingTrenton: Very low, mostly inland floodingWaupun: Very low, mostly cold wavesMetomen: Very low, mostly inland flooding MetomenRiponSpringvaleGreen LakeAlto
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Green Lakemostly inland floodingLow
Metomenmostly inland floodingVery low
Springvalemostly inland floodingVery low
Altomostly inland floodingVery low
Riponmostly 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. Metomen 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 Metomen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Metomen. 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.

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