Natural hazards · Saxon

Saxon, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Saxon comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very 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 Saxon?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Saxon to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves48%Inland flooding40%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Saxon faces

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

Cold waves

48% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

HurricanesEarthquakesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Saxon flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Iron County.

Disasters that hit Saxon

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SaxonDeclared for Iron County only

2018

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Landslides

$10K to the Town of Saxon for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$18K to the Town of Saxon for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$218K to the Town of Saxon for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$13K to the Town of Saxon for repairs

1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$2K to the Town of Saxon for repairs

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

Around Saxon

Saxon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Saxonmostly cold wavesVery low

Gurneymostly cold wavesVery low

Kimballmostly cold wavesVery low

Andersonmostly cold wavesVery low

Knightmostly cold wavesVery low

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