Natural hazards · Sigel

Sigel, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sigel comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sigel?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sigel to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding37%Cold waves37%Tornadoes11%Strong wind6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Sigel faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sigel flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chippewa County.

Disasters that hit Sigel

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SigelDeclared for Chippewa County only

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$32K to the Town of Sigel for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$2K to the Town of Sigel for repairs

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

Around Sigel

Sigel and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ludingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Lafayettemostly inland floodingModerate

Sigelmostly inland floodingLow

Cadottmostly inland floodingLow

Edsonmostly inland floodingLow

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