Natural hazards · Porterfield

Porterfield, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Porterfield comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2026. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Porterfield?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Porterfield to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves47%Inland flooding45%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Porterfield faces

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

Cold waves

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Porterfield flood?

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

1paid claims since 2026

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20262026

Biggest named events

2026-04-Flooding: 1 claim, $5K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marinette County.

Disasters that hit Porterfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PorterfieldDeclared for Marinette County only

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Porterfield for repairs

Marinette County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Porterfield

Porterfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Porterfieldmostly cold wavesHigh

Wagnermostly cold wavesHigh

Lakemostly cold wavesModerate

Peshtigomostly cold wavesLow

Grovermostly cold wavesLow

Marinettemostly cold wavesVery low

Menomineemostly 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. Porterfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Porterfield’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Porterfield. 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 Porterfield total about $3.0M 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.