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Natural hazards · Preston

Preston, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Preston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Preston?

70
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Preston to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves23%Tornadoes8%Hail7%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Preston faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 41 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year 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 Preston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Preston isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Adams County.
Disasters that hit Preston

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrestonDeclared for Adams County only
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$29K to the Town of Preston for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Preston for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Preston for repairs
Adams County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Preston

Preston and the towns around it

Adams: Low, mostly cold wavesStrongs Prairie: High, mostly inland floodingRichfield: High, mostly inland floodingBig Flats: High, mostly inland floodingLincoln: Low, mostly cold wavesEaston: High, mostly inland floodingQuincy: Very high, mostly inland floodingNecedah: High, mostly inland floodingGermantown: High, mostly inland floodingMonroe: High, mostly inland floodingColburn: High, mostly inland floodingColoma: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRome: High, mostly inland floodingPreston: High, mostly inland flooding PrestonAdamsStrongs PrairieRichfieldBig Flats
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Prestonmostly inland floodingHigh
Strongs Prairiemostly inland floodingHigh
Richfieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Big Flatsmostly inland floodingHigh
Adamsmostly 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. Preston 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 Preston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Preston. 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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