Natural hazards · Rib Falls

Rib Falls, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rib Falls comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Rib Falls?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rib Falls to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding51%Cold waves30%Tornadoes9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Rib Falls faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

30% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Rib Falls flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marathon County.

Disasters that hit Rib Falls

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Rib FallsDeclared for Marathon County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Rib Falls for repairs

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

Around Rib Falls

Rib Falls and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Marathon Citymostly inland floodingLow

Casselmostly inland floodingLow

Rib Fallsmostly inland floodingLow

Rietbrockmostly inland floodingLow

Hamburgmostly inland floodingLow

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. Rib Falls covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rib Falls’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rib Falls. 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 Rib Falls total about $2.3M 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.