Natural hazards · Pierce

Pierce, WI natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pierce to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding40%Cold waves32%Tornadoes11%Hail7%Strong wind7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Pierce faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

32% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 43 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Pierce flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kewaunee County.

Disasters that hit Pierce

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PierceDeclared for Kewaunee County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Pierce for repairs

2000

Snow

$1K to the Town of Pierce for repairs

Kewaunee County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Pierce

Pierce and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cascomostly inland floodingVery low

Piercemostly inland floodingVery low

Kewauneemostly inland floodingVery low

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