Natural hazards · Mitchell

Mitchell, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mitchell 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 Mitchell?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mitchell to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves18%Tornadoes18%Hail9%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Mitchell faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mitchell flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sheboygan County.

Disasters that hit Mitchell

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MitchellDeclared for Sheboygan County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Mitchell for repairs

2000

Snow

$2K to the Town of Mitchell for repairs

Sheboygan County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Mitchell

Mitchell and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lyndonmostly inland floodingLow

Mitchellmostly inland floodingVery low

Scottmostly inland floodingVery low

Greenbushmostly inland floodingVery low

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