Natural hazards · Prescott

Prescott, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Prescott comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 24 claims here since 1993. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Prescott?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Prescott to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes24%Strong wind12%Cold waves11%Hail7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Prescott faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Prescott flood?

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

24paid claims since 1993

$199Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 9 claims, $78K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pierce County.

Disasters that hit Prescott

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrescottDeclared for Pierce County only

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$35K to the City of Prescott for repairs

Pierce County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Prescott

Prescott and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ravennamostly inland floodingModerate

Denmarkmostly inland floodingModerate

Oak Grovemostly inland floodingModerate

Prescottmostly inland floodingLow

Cliftonmostly 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. Prescott 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 Prescott’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Prescott. 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.