Natural hazards · Shiocton

Shiocton, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shiocton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shiocton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shiocton to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding60%Cold waves21%Tornadoes9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Shiocton faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Shiocton flood?

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

17paid claims since 1979

$484Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

2026-04-Flooding: 13 claims, $478K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Shiocton 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 Shiocton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShioctonDeclared for Outagamie County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

73 households applied for aid $400K aid approved $100K to the Village of Shiocton for repairs

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

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. Shiocton 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 Shiocton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Shiocton. 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.