Natural hazards · Packwaukee

Packwaukee, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Packwaukee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Packwaukee?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Packwaukee to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding43%Cold waves34%Hail8%Tornadoes8%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Packwaukee faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years 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 Packwaukee flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marquette County.

Disasters that hit Packwaukee

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PackwaukeeDeclared for Marquette County only

2018

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

8 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $41K to the Town of Packwaukee for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $788 to the Town of Packwaukee for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $4K to the Town of Packwaukee for repairs

Marquette County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Packwaukee

Packwaukee and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Packwaukeemostly inland floodingHigh

Moundvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Harrismostly inland floodingHigh

Shieldsmostly inland floodingHigh

Montellomostly cold wavesModerate

Buffalomostly cold wavesModerate

Oxfordmostly cold wavesModerate

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