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Natural hazards · Mount Ida

Mount Ida, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mount Ida comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mount Ida?

18
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mount Ida to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding35%Cold waves21%Tornadoes18%Hail8%Strong wind7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Mount Ida faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 17 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

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% 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 Mount Ida flood?

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mount IdaDeclared for Grant County only
2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$3K to the Town of Mount Ida for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Mount Ida for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Mount Ida for repairs
Grant County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Mount Ida

Mount Ida and the towns around it

Mount Hope: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Lancaster: High, mostly inland floodingFennimore: Very low, mostly inland floodingMarion: Very low, mostly inland floodingWoodman: High, mostly inland floodingLittle Grant: High, mostly inland floodingMillville: High, mostly inland floodingPatch Grove: High, mostly inland floodingLancaster: Very low, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Low, mostly inland floodingSouth Lancaster: Low, mostly inland floodingFennimore: Very low, mostly inland floodingWingville: Low, mostly inland floodingHickory Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingMarietta: Low, mostly inland floodingBoscobel: High, mostly inland floodingMount Ida: Very low, mostly inland flooding Mount IdaMount HopeNorth LancasterFennimoreMarion
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
North Lancastermostly inland floodingHigh
Mount Hopemostly inland floodingHigh
Mount Idamostly inland floodingVery low
Fennimoremostly inland floodingVery low
Marionmostly 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 Ida covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mount Ida’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mount Ida. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Mount Ida total about $1.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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