Natural hazards · Scott

Scott, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scott comes from hail, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scott?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scott to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail49%Inland flooding25%Cold waves10%Tornadoes9%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Scott faces

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

Hail

49% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Scott flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Columbia County.

Disasters that hit Scott

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScottDeclared for Columbia County only

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

Around Scott

Scott and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Marcellonmostly hailVery high

Wyocenamostly hailVery high

Scottmostly hailHigh

Springvalemostly hailHigh

Kingstonmostly inland floodingModerate

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