Natural hazards · New Lyme

New Lyme, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Lyme comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Lyme?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Lyme to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves31%Tornadoes8%Hail6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What New Lyme faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% 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 Lyme flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

Disasters that hit New Lyme

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New LymeDeclared for Monroe County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the Town of New Lyme for repairs

Monroe County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around New Lyme

New Lyme and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Lymemostly inland floodingModerate

Grantmostly inland floodingModerate

Little Fallsmostly inland floodingModerate

Lafayettemostly inland floodingModerate

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