Natural hazards · Russell

Russell, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Russell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Russell?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Russell to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes21%Cold waves21%Hail10%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Russell faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% 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 Russell flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sheboygan County.

Disasters that hit Russell

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Sheboygan County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Russell itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into RussellDeclared for Sheboygan County only

Sheboygan County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Russell

Russell and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Russellmostly inland floodingVery low

Greenbushmostly inland floodingVery low

Rhinemostly inland floodingVery low

New Holsteinmostly inland floodingVery low

Marshfieldmostly 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. Russell 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 Russell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Russell. 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.