Natural hazards · Slinger

Slinger, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Slinger comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Slinger?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Slinger to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding36%Cold waves29%Tornadoes21%Hail5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Slinger faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 93 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year 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 Slinger flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Slinger

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SlingerDeclared for Washington County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $7K aid approved

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Village of Slinger for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $22K to the Village of Slinger for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$8K to the Village of Slinger for repairs

Washington County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Slinger

Slinger and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Polkmostly inland floodingVery low

Slingermostly inland floodingVery low

Hartfordmostly cold wavesVery low

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