Natural hazards · Seymour

Seymour, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Seymour comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2019. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Seymour?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding52%Cold waves25%Tornadoes11%Hail5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Seymour faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 50 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 Seymour flood?

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

1paid claims since 2019

$161Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20192026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $161K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Outagamie County.

Disasters that hit Seymour

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SeymourDeclared for Outagamie County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $62K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Seymour

Seymour and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Seymourmostly inland floodingVery low

Osbornmostly 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. Seymour covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Seymour’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Seymour. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Seymour total about $2.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.