Natural hazards · Pelican

Pelican, WI natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pelican to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves43%Tornadoes5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Pelican 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 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years 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

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Pelican flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oneida County.

Disasters that hit Pelican

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PelicanDeclared for Oneida County only

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Pelican for repairs

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

Around Pelican

Pelican and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pine Lakemostly cold wavesModerate

Pelicanmostly inland floodingModerate

Enterprisemostly inland floodingLow

Stellamostly cold wavesLow

Monicomostly cold wavesLow

Rhinelandermostly cold wavesLow

Crescentmostly cold wavesVery 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. Pelican covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pelican’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pelican. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Pelican total about $2.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.