Natural hazards · New Lisbon

New Lisbon, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Lisbon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2018. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Lisbon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Lisbon to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding37%Heat waves26%Cold waves20%Tornadoes8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What New Lisbon faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Lisbon flood?

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

2paid claims since 2018

$41Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Juneau County.

Disasters that hit New Lisbon

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New LisbonDeclared for Juneau County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2018

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Landslides

33 households applied for aid $49K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$19K to the City of New Lisbon for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

45 households applied for aid $86K aid approved $13K to the City of New Lisbon for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Juneau County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around New Lisbon

New Lisbon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lisbonmostly inland floodingHigh

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