Natural hazards · Quincy

Quincy, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Quincy comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Quincy?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Quincy to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding65%Cold waves18%Tornadoes6%Hail5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Quincy faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 35 years in the area

Hail

5% 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 Quincy flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Quincy 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 Quincy

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QuincyDeclared for Adams County only

2018

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

$48K to the Town of Quincy for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Quincy for repairs

Adams County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Quincy

Quincy and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Quincymostly inland floodingVery high

Germantownmostly inland floodingHigh

Strongs Prairiemostly inland floodingHigh

Springvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Eastonmostly inland floodingHigh

Marionmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Quincy covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Quincy’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Quincy. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Quincy total about $2.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.