Natural hazards · Mukwa

Mukwa, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mukwa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 63 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mukwa?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mukwa to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves29%Tornadoes11%Hail5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Mukwa faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 51 years in the area

Hail

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

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mukwa flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Mukwa, from FEMA’s records.

63paid claims since 1979

$1.4Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

2026-04-Flooding: 42 claims, $1.4M

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Waupaca County.

Disasters that hit Mukwa

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MukwaDeclared for Waupaca County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Mukwa for repairs

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

Around Mukwa

Mukwa and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Caledoniamostly inland floodingModerate

New Londonmostly inland floodingModerate

Mukwamostly inland floodingModerate

Lebanonmostly inland floodingLow

Hortoniamostly inland floodingLow

Royaltonmostly inland floodingVery low

Weyauwegamostly 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. Mukwa covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mukwa’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mukwa. 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 Mukwa total about $4.7M 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.