TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
Mount HopeGood afternoon
Natural hazards · Mount Hope

Mount Hope, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mount Hope comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mount Hope?

64
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mount Hope to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves11%Tornadoes11%Hail7%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Mount Hope faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 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 Mount Hope flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mount HopeDeclared for Grant County only
2017

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mud

$6K to the Town of Mount Hope for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$25K to the Town of Mount Hope for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the Town of Mount Hope for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Mount Hope for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$13K to the Town of Mount Hope for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Mount Hope for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Mount Hope for repairs
Grant County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Mount Hope

Mount Hope and the towns around it

Woodman: High, mostly inland floodingMount Ida: Very low, mostly inland floodingLittle Grant: High, mostly inland floodingMillville: High, mostly inland floodingPatch Grove: High, mostly inland floodingWauzeka: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarietta: Low, mostly inland floodingMarion: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorth Lancaster: High, mostly inland floodingFennimore: Very low, mostly inland floodingBloomington: High, mostly inland floodingBeetown: High, mostly inland floodingBridgeport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWyalusing: High, mostly inland floodingMount Hope: High, mostly inland flooding Mount HopeWoodmanMount IdaLittle GrantMillvillePatch Grove
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Little Grantmostly inland floodingHigh
Mount Hopemostly inland floodingHigh
Woodmanmostly inland floodingHigh
Millvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Patch Grovemostly inland floodingHigh
Mount Idamostly 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. Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mount Hope. 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.

The door’s open

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Mount Hope, WIGrant CountyView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Mount Hope is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/15 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map