Natural hazards · Rosholt

Rosholt, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rosholt comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2026. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rosholt?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rosholt to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding44%Cold waves28%Tornadoes14%Hail6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Rosholt faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Rosholt flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Rosholt, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2026

$14Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20262026

Biggest named events

2026-04-Flooding: 1 claim, $14K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Portage County.

Disasters that hit Rosholt

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RosholtDeclared for Portage County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$37K to the Village of Rosholt for repairs

Portage County has had 10 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. Rosholt 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 Rosholt’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Rosholt. 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.