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Natural hazards · Nekoosa

Nekoosa, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nekoosa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2002. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Nekoosa?

81
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nekoosa to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding66%Cold waves21%Tornadoes6%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Nekoosa faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Nekoosa flood?

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

5paid claims since 2002
$9Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20022026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Nekoosa isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Wood County.
Disasters that hit Nekoosa

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NekoosaDeclared for Wood County only
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$36K to the City of Nekoosa for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the City of Nekoosa for repairs
2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$6K to the City of Nekoosa for repairs
Wood County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Nekoosa

Nekoosa and the towns around it

Saratoga: High, mostly inland floodingPort Edwards: Very high, mostly inland floodingPort Edwards: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRome: High, mostly inland floodingGrant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGrand Rapids: Moderate, mostly inland floodingArmenia: High, mostly inland floodingCranmoor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRemington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSeneca: High, mostly inland floodingWisconsin Rapids: Low, mostly inland floodingNekoosa: Very high, mostly inland flooding NekoosaSaratogaPort EdwardsPort Edwards
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Nekoosamostly inland floodingVery high
Port Edwardsmostly inland floodingVery high
Saratogamostly inland floodingHigh
Port Edwardsmostly 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. Nekoosa 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 Nekoosa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Nekoosa. 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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