Natural hazards · Rantoul

Rantoul, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rantoul comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1993.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rantoul?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rantoul to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves22%Tornadoes14%Hail10%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Rantoul faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Rantoul flood?

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

2paid claims since 1993

$28Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $25K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Calumet County.

Disasters that hit Rantoul

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RantoulDeclared for Calumet County only

Calumet County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Rantoul

Rantoul and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rocklandmostly inland floodingLow

Rantoulmostly inland floodingVery low

Hilbertmostly inland floodingVery low

Charlestownmostly inland floodingVery low

Woodvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Chiltonmostly inland floodingVery low

Brillionmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Rantoul covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rantoul’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rantoul. 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 Rantoul total about $1.8M 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.