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Natural hazards · Poynette

Poynette, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Poynette comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1993. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Poynette?

90
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Poynette to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding51%Hail31%Cold waves7%Tornadoes5%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Poynette faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

31% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 32 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Poynette flood?

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

1paid claims since 1993
$25Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19932026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Poynette isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Columbia County.
Disasters that hit Poynette

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PoynetteDeclared for Columbia County only
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

99 households applied for aid $106K aid approved $25K to the Village of Poynette for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2000

Snow

$1K to the Village of Poynette for repairs
Columbia County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Poynette

Poynette and the towns around it

Dekorra: Very high, mostly inland floodingArlington: Very high, mostly inland floodingCaledonia: Very high, mostly inland floodingLowville: High, mostly hailLodi: Very high, mostly inland floodingPacific: Very high, mostly inland floodingWest Point: Very high, mostly inland floodingArlington: Very high, mostly inland floodingLeeds: High, mostly hailVienna: Very low, mostly inland floodingPoynette: Very high, mostly inland flooding PoynetteDekorraArlington
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Poynettemostly inland floodingVery high
Dekorramostly inland floodingVery high
Arlingtonmostly inland floodingVery high
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. Poynette 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 Poynette’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Poynette. 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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