Natural hazards · Pound

Pound, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pound comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low 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 Pound?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pound to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves56%Inland flooding32%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Pound faces

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

Cold waves

56% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% 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 Pound flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Pound 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 Pound

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PoundDeclared for Marinette County only

2019

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

$15K to the Village of Pound for repairs

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

Around Pound

Pound and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Poundmostly cold wavesLow

Beavermostly cold wavesLow

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