Natural hazards · New Hope

New Hope, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Hope comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Hope?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Hope to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding44%Cold waves28%Tornadoes14%Hail6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What New Hope faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 New Hope flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Portage County.

Disasters that hit New Hope

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into New HopeDeclared for Portage County only

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

Around New Hope

New Hope and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Hopemostly inland floodingLow

Iolamostly inland floodingLow

Albanmostly inland floodingLow

Amherstmostly inland floodingVery low

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