Natural hazards · Rietbrock

Rietbrock, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rietbrock 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 Rietbrock?

20
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rietbrock 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 Rietbrock 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 Rietbrock flood?

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

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

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RietbrockDeclared for Marathon County only
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Rietbrock for repairs
Marathon County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Rietbrock

Rietbrock and the towns around it

Athens: Low, mostly inland floodingRib Falls: Low, mostly inland floodingHalsey: Low, mostly inland floodingWien: Low, mostly inland floodingJohnson: Low, mostly inland floodingBern: Low, mostly inland floodingMarathon City: Low, mostly inland floodingHamburg: Low, mostly inland floodingCassel: Low, mostly inland floodingCorning: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEdgar: Low, mostly inland floodingFrankfort: Low, mostly inland floodingFenwood: Low, mostly inland floodingCleveland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHolton: Low, mostly inland floodingRietbrock: Low, mostly inland flooding RietbrockAthensRib FallsHalseyWienJohnson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Wienmostly inland floodingLow
Athensmostly inland floodingLow
Halseymostly inland floodingLow
Johnsonmostly inland floodingLow
Rietbrockmostly inland floodingLow
Rib Fallsmostly 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. Rietbrock 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 Rietbrock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rietbrock. 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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