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Natural hazards · Pleasant Prairie

Pleasant Prairie, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pleasant Prairie comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 2009. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pleasant Prairie?

5
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pleasant Prairie to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves36%Inland flooding30%Tornadoes19%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Pleasant Prairie faces

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

Cold waves

36% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pleasant Prairie flood?

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

11paid claims since 2009
$232Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20092026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Pleasant Prairie isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kenosha County.
Disasters that hit Pleasant Prairie

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Pleasant PrairieDeclared for Kenosha County only
2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid
2020

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$358K to the Village of Pleasant Prairie for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$93K to the Village of Pleasant Prairie for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $14K to the Village of Pleasant Prairie for repairs
2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$65K to the Village of Pleasant Prairie for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $34K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $26K aid approved $50K to the Village of Pleasant Prairie for repairs
2000

Snow

$32K to the Village of Pleasant Prairie for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$91K to the Village of Pleasant Prairie for repairs
Kenosha County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Pleasant Prairie

Pleasant Prairie and the towns around it

Kenosha: Very low, mostly cold wavesBristol: Very low, mostly cold wavesWinthrop Harbor: Very low, mostly inland floodingBenton: Very low, mostly inland floodingSomers: Very low, mostly inland floodingSomers: Very low, mostly inland floodingParis: Very low, mostly inland floodingSalem Lakes: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAntioch: High, mostly inland floodingNewport: Very low, mostly inland floodingZion: Very low, mostly inland floodingZion: Very low, mostly inland floodingBeach Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingWadsworth: Very low, mostly inland floodingWaukegan: Very low, mostly inland floodingPleasant Prairie: Very low, mostly cold waves Pleasant PrairieKenoshaBristolWinthrop HarborBenton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bentonmostly inland floodingVery low
Winthrop Harbormostly inland floodingVery low
Pleasant Prairiemostly cold wavesVery low
Kenoshamostly cold wavesVery low
Bristolmostly cold wavesVery 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. Pleasant Prairie covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pleasant Prairie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Pleasant Prairie. 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 Pleasant Prairie total about $9.9M 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.

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