Natural hazards · North Prairie

North Prairie, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Prairie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Prairie?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Prairie to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding51%Cold waves19%Tornadoes18%Hail6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What North Prairie faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 North Prairie flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in North Prairie.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Waukesha County.

Disasters that hit North Prairie

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in North Prairie itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of North Prairie.

Brought FEMA money into North PrairieDeclared for Waukesha County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $8K to the Village of North Prairie for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$4K to the Village of North Prairie for repairs

Waukesha County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around North Prairie

North Prairie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ottawamostly inland floodingLow

Mukwonagomostly inland floodingLow

North Prairiemostly inland floodingLow

Geneseemostly inland floodingLow

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. North Prairie 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 North Prairie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of North Prairie. 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.