Natural hazards · Poygan

Poygan, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Poygan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Poygan?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Poygan to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Cold waves14%Tornadoes11%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Poygan faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Poygan flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Winnebago County.

Disasters that hit Poygan

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Winnebago County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Poygan itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into PoyganDeclared for Winnebago County only

Winnebago County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Poygan

Poygan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wolf Rivermostly inland floodingHigh

Poyganmostly inland floodingModerate

Rushfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Winneconnemostly inland floodingModerate

Poy Sippimostly inland floodingModerate

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