Natural hazards · Pittsfield

Pittsfield, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pittsfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pittsfield?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pittsfield to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves29%Tornadoes14%Hail5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Pittsfield 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

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 72 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pittsfield flood?

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

1paid claims since 2018

$24Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

Disasters that hit Pittsfield

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Brown County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Pittsfield itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into PittsfieldDeclared for Brown County only

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

Around Pittsfield

Pittsfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Suamicomostly inland floodingLow

Chasemostly inland floodingLow

Maple Grovemostly cold wavesVery low

Howardmostly inland floodingVery low

Seymourmostly inland floodingVery low

Pittsfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

Pulaskimostly 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. Pittsfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pittsfield’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pittsfield. 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 Pittsfield total about $2.2M 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.