Natural hazards · Plainfield

Plainfield, WI natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plainfield to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding39%Cold waves21%Hail16%Tornadoes14%Strong wind6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Plainfield faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hail

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Plainfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Waushara County.

Disasters that hit Plainfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlainfieldDeclared for Waushara County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Waushara County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Plainfield

Plainfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Plainfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Oasismostly 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. Plainfield 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 Plainfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Plainfield. 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.