Natural hazards · Mount Morris

Mount Morris, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mount Morris comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mount Morris?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mount Morris to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves20%Hail14%Tornadoes12%Strong wind5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Mount Morris faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Morris flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Waushara County.

Disasters that hit Mount Morris

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mount MorrisDeclared for Waushara County only

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$6K to the Town of Mount Morris for repairs

Waushara County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Mount Morris

Mount Morris and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mount Morrismostly inland floodingModerate

Leonmostly inland floodingModerate

Springwatermostly inland floodingModerate

Marionmostly inland floodingModerate

Wautomamostly inland floodingModerate

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 Morris covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mount Morris’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mount Morris. 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 Morris total about $1.7M 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.