Natural hazards · Red River

Red River, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Red River comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Red River?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Red River to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves25%Tornadoes13%Hail6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Red River faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 55 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Red River flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kewaunee County.

Disasters that hit Red River

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Red RiverDeclared for Kewaunee County only

2000

Snow

$2K to the Town of Red River for repairs

Kewaunee County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Red River

Red River and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Green Baymostly inland floodingVery low

Red Rivermostly inland floodingVery low

Unionmostly inland floodingVery low

Lincolnmostly inland floodingVery low

Luxemburgmostly 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. Red River covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Red River’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Red River. 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 Red River total about $1.7M 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.