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Natural hazards · Richwood

Richwood, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Richwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Richwood?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Richwood to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves17%Tornadoes8%Hail7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Richwood faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 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

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Richwood flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Richwood 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 Richwood

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RichwoodDeclared for Richland County only
2017

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mud

$5K to the Town of Richwood for repairs
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$3K to the Town of Richwood for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$22K to the Town of Richwood for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$57K to the Town of Richwood for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Richwood for repairs
Richland County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Richwood

Richwood and the towns around it

Watterstown: High, mostly inland floodingAkan: High, mostly inland floodingEagle: High, mostly inland floodingScott: Low, mostly inland floodingMarietta: Low, mostly inland floodingBoscobel: High, mostly inland floodingBoscobel: High, mostly inland floodingMuscoda: Low, mostly inland floodingHickory Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingClayton: Low, mostly inland floodingSylvan: High, mostly inland floodingDayton: High, mostly inland floodingOrion: High, mostly inland floodingHaney: Low, mostly inland floodingEastman: Low, mostly inland floodingSteuben: Low, mostly inland floodingMarion: Very low, mostly inland floodingWauzeka: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWoodman: High, mostly inland floodingRichwood: High, mostly inland flooding RichwoodWatterstownAkanEagleScottMarietta
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Akanmostly inland floodingHigh
Richwoodmostly inland floodingHigh
Eaglemostly inland floodingHigh
Watterstownmostly inland floodingHigh
Scottmostly inland floodingLow
Mariettamostly 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. Richwood 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 Richwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Richwood. 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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