Natural hazards · Pigeon

Pigeon, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pigeon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2010. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Pigeon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding64%Cold waves14%Tornadoes8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Pigeon faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

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 Pigeon flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Pigeon, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 2010

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Trempealeau County.

Disasters that hit Pigeon

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PigeonDeclared for Trempealeau County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Pigeon for repairs

Trempealeau County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Pigeon

Pigeon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pigeonmostly inland floodingHigh

Lincolnmostly inland floodingHigh

Prestonmostly inland floodingHigh

Halemostly inland floodingHigh

Curranmostly inland floodingModerate

Northfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Pigeon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pigeon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pigeon. 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 Pigeon total about $3.1M 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.