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Natural hazards · Somers

Somers, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Somers comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2001. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Somers?

8
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding36%Cold waves35%Tornadoes16%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Somers 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 15% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

35% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Somers flood?

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

2paid claims since 2001
$14Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20012026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Somers isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kenosha County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Somers

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SomersDeclared for Kenosha County only
2020

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$25K to the Village of Somers for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$19K to the Village of Somers for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$15K to the Village of Somers for repairs
2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$7K to the Village of Somers for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $40K to the Village of Somers for repairs
2000

Snow

$5K to the Village of Somers for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$8K to the Village of Somers for repairs
Kenosha County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Somers

Somers and the towns around it

Kenosha: Very low, mostly cold wavesSomers: Very low, mostly inland floodingParis: Very low, mostly inland floodingMount Pleasant: Very low, mostly inland floodingPleasant Prairie: Very low, mostly cold wavesBristol: Very low, mostly cold wavesYorkville: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrighton: Very low, mostly inland floodingRacine: Very low, mostly inland floodingCaledonia: Very low, mostly inland floodingElmwood Park: Low, mostly inland floodingSomers: Very low, mostly inland flooding SomersKenoshaSomersParisMount Pleasant
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mount Pleasantmostly inland floodingVery low
Somersmostly inland floodingVery low
Somersmostly inland floodingVery low
Kenoshamostly cold wavesVery low
Parismostly 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. Somers covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Somers’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Somers. 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 Somers total about $5.1M 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.

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