Natural hazards · Radisson

Radisson, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Radisson comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2002.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Radisson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Radisson to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves63%Inland flooding30%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Radisson faces

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

Cold waves

63% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Radisson flood?

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

1paid claims since 2002

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20022026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sawyer County.

Disasters that hit Radisson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RadissonDeclared for Sawyer County only

Sawyer County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Radisson

Radisson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ojibwamostly cold wavesHigh

Couderaymostly cold wavesHigh

Weirgormostly cold wavesHigh

Radissonmostly cold wavesHigh

Huntermostly cold wavesModerate

Wintermostly cold wavesLow

Meadowbrookmostly 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. Radisson covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Radisson’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Radisson. 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 Radisson total about $5.0M 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.