Natural hazards · New Denmark

New Denmark, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Denmark comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2026.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Denmark?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Denmark to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves31%Tornadoes12%Everything else10%

By hazard

What New Denmark 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

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 59 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Denmark flood?

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

1paid claims since 2026

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20262026

Biggest named events

2026-04-Flooding: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

Disasters that hit New Denmark

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Brown County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching New Denmark itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into New DenmarkDeclared for Brown County only

Brown County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around New Denmark

New Denmark and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Glenmoremostly inland floodingModerate

Cooperstownmostly inland floodingLow

New Denmarkmostly inland floodingVery low

Eatonmostly inland floodingVery low

Franklinmostly 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. New Denmark covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Denmark’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of New Denmark. 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 New Denmark total about $2.1M 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.