Natural hazards · New Chester

New Chester, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Chester comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 New Chester?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Chester to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding40%Cold waves33%Tornadoes10%Hail6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What New Chester faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 New Chester flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in New Chester.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Adams County.

Disasters that hit New Chester

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New ChesterDeclared for Adams County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$9K to the Town of New Chester for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Town of New Chester for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$6K to the Town of New Chester for repairs

Adams County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around New Chester

New Chester and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Chestermostly inland floodingHigh

Eastonmostly inland floodingHigh

Jacksonmostly inland floodingModerate

Westfieldmostly cold wavesModerate

Lincolnmostly cold wavesLow

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. New Chester 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 New Chester’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of New Chester. 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.