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Natural hazards · Montfort

Montfort, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Montfort comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Montfort?

27
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Montfort to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves17%Tornadoes12%Hail8%Strong wind6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Montfort faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Montfort flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MontfortDeclared for Grant County only
2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$3K to the Village of Montfort for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Village of Montfort for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $30K aid approved $13K to the Village of Montfort for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Village of Montfort for repairs
Grant County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Montfort

Montfort and the towns around it

Eden: Very low, mostly inland floodingWingville: Low, mostly inland floodingHighland: High, mostly inland floodingLinden: Very low, mostly inland floodingMifflin: Very low, mostly inland floodingDodgeville: Very low, mostly inland floodingCastle Rock: Low, mostly inland floodingFennimore: Very low, mostly inland floodingClifton: Low, mostly inland floodingMontfort: Low, mostly inland flooding MontfortEdenWingville
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Montfortmostly inland floodingLow
Wingvillemostly inland floodingLow
Edenmostly 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. Montfort 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 Montfort’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Montfort. 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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