Natural hazards · Siren

Siren, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Siren comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Siren?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Siren to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves36%Inland flooding33%Tornadoes11%Strong wind6%Hail6%Lightning5%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Siren faces

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

Cold waves

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Siren flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burnett County.

Disasters that hit Siren

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SirenDeclared for Burnett County only

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$2.6M to the Village of Siren for repairs

Burnett County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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