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Natural hazards · Muscoda

Muscoda, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Muscoda comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Muscoda?

27
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Muscoda 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 Muscoda 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 Muscoda flood?

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

1paid claims since 1978
$428paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Muscoda 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Muscoda

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MuscodaDeclared for Grant County only
2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$2K to the Village of Muscoda for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Village of Muscoda for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $50K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

46 households applied for aid $59K aid approved $32K to the Village of Muscoda for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
Grant County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Muscoda

Muscoda and the towns around it

Muscoda: Low, mostly inland floodingPulaski: High, mostly inland floodingEagle: High, mostly inland floodingCastle Rock: Low, mostly inland floodingWatterstown: High, mostly inland floodingOrion: High, mostly inland floodingBuena Vista: High, mostly inland floodingAvoca: High, mostly inland floodingClyde: High, mostly inland floodingHighland: High, mostly inland floodingMuscoda: Low, mostly inland flooding MuscodaMuscodaPulaski
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Pulaskimostly inland floodingHigh
Muscodamostly inland floodingLow
Muscodamostly inland floodingLow
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. Muscoda 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 Muscoda’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Muscoda. 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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