Natural hazards · Platteville

Platteville, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Platteville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1993. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Platteville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Platteville to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding35%Cold waves22%Tornadoes19%Strong wind8%Hail7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Platteville faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% 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 Platteville flood?

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

5paid claims since 1993

$21Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Storm: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grant County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Platteville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlattevilleDeclared for Grant County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$12K to the City of Platteville for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $66K aid approved $9K to the City of Platteville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

109 households applied for aid $100K aid approved $58K to the City of Platteville for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$12K to the City of Platteville for repairs

Grant County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Platteville 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 Platteville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Platteville. 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.

Platteville, WI natural hazards

How exposed is Platteville?

What Platteville faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Platteville flood?

Biggest named events

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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