Natural hazards · Rosendale

Rosendale, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rosendale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rosendale?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rosendale to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves19%Tornadoes18%Hail8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Rosendale faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Rosendale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fond du Lac County.

Disasters that hit Rosendale

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RosendaleDeclared for Fond du Lac County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $52K to the Village of Rosendale for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

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

Around Rosendale

Rosendale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rosendalemostly inland floodingVery low

Springvalemostly inland floodingVery low

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. Rosendale 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 Rosendale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Rosendale. 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.