Natural hazards · New Holstein

New Holstein, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Holstein comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Holstein?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Holstein to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding34%Cold waves24%Tornadoes18%Hail13%Everything else12%

By hazard

What New Holstein faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 51 years in the area

Hail

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Holstein flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Calumet County.

Disasters that hit New Holstein

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New HolsteinDeclared for Calumet County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$7K to the City of New Holstein for repairs

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

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