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Port Edwards, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Port Edwards comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Port Edwards?

46
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Port Edwards to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves32%Tornadoes12%Hail6%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Port Edwards 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
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

32% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Port Edwards flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Port EdwardsDeclared for Wood County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$47K to the Village of Port Edwards for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Village of Port Edwards for repairs
2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$5K to the Village of Port Edwards for repairs
Wood County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Port Edwards

Port Edwards and the towns around it

Grand Rapids: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSaratoga: High, mostly inland floodingWisconsin Rapids: Low, mostly inland floodingPort Edwards: Very high, mostly inland floodingNekoosa: Very high, mostly inland floodingSeneca: High, mostly inland floodingBiron: High, mostly inland floodingGrant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRome: High, mostly inland floodingArmenia: High, mostly inland floodingRudolph: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSigel: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCranmoor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRemington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHansen: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPort Edwards: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Port EdwardsGrand RapidsSaratogaWisconsin RapidsPort EdwardsNekoosaSeneca
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Port Edwardsmostly inland floodingVery high
Nekoosamostly inland floodingVery high
Senecamostly inland floodingHigh
Saratogamostly inland floodingHigh
Grand Rapidsmostly inland floodingModerate
Port Edwardsmostly inland floodingModerate
Wisconsin Rapidsmostly inland floodingLow
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. Port Edwards 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 Port Edwards’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Port Edwards. 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.

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