Natural hazards · Peeksville

Peeksville, WI natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Peeksville to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves43%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Peeksville faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

43% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Peeksville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ashland County.

Disasters that hit Peeksville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PeeksvilleDeclared for Ashland County only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Peeksville for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$34K to the Town of Peeksville for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Peeksville for repairs

Ashland County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Peeksville

Peeksville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Peeksvillemostly inland floodingLow

Jacobsmostly inland floodingLow

Agendamostly inland floodingLow

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