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Natural hazards · Ridgeway

Ridgeway, WI natural hazards

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

25
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ridgeway to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding41%Cold waves19%Tornadoes16%Hail12%Strong wind5%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Ridgeway faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Ridgeway flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RidgewayDeclared for Iowa County only
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Village of Ridgeway for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$2K to the Village of Ridgeway for repairs
Iowa County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
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. Ridgeway 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 Ridgeway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Ridgeway. 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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