Natural hazards · Oostburg

Oostburg, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oostburg 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 Oostburg?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oostburg to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves22%Tornadoes18%Hail7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Oostburg 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

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Oostburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sheboygan County.

Disasters that hit Oostburg

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OostburgDeclared for Sheboygan County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $11K to the Village of Oostburg for repairs

2000

Snow

$5K to the Village of Oostburg for repairs

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

Around Oostburg

Oostburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Limamostly inland floodingLow

Hollandmostly inland floodingVery low

Oostburgmostly inland floodingVery low

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