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Richland, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Richland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Richland?

59
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Richland to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves20%Tornadoes9%Hail7%Heat waves5%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Richland faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 91 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Richland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Richland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Richland County.
Disasters that hit Richland

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RichlandDeclared for Richland County only
2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$6K to the Town of Richland for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Richland for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Richland for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Richland for repairs
Richland County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Richland

Richland and the towns around it

Dayton: High, mostly inland floodingRichland Center: Moderate, mostly inland floodingIthaca: High, mostly inland floodingOrion: High, mostly inland floodingRockbridge: High, mostly inland floodingMarshall: High, mostly inland floodingAkan: High, mostly inland floodingEagle: High, mostly inland floodingBear Creek: High, mostly inland floodingWillow: High, mostly inland floodingBuena Vista: High, mostly inland floodingPulaski: High, mostly inland floodingAvoca: High, mostly inland floodingHenrietta: High, mostly inland floodingRichland: Moderate, mostly inland flooding RichlandDaytonRichland CenterIthacaOrionRockbridge
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Daytonmostly inland floodingHigh
Ithacamostly inland floodingHigh
Rockbridgemostly inland floodingHigh
Orionmostly inland floodingHigh
Richlandmostly inland floodingModerate
Richland Centermostly inland floodingModerate
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. Richland is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Richland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Richland. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.

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