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Natural hazards · Stark

Stark, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stark comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Stark?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stark to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding42%Cold waves37%Tornadoes6%Landslides6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Stark faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

37% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Landslides

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesStrong 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 Stark flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Stark isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Vernon County.
Disasters that hit Stark

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StarkDeclared for Vernon County only
2019

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

$18K to the Town of Stark for repairs
2018

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Landslides

$38K to the Town of Stark for repairs
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$31K to the Town of Stark for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$70K to the Town of Stark for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$59K to the Town of Stark for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$38K to the Town of Stark for repairs
2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$24K to the Town of Stark for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$26K to the Town of Stark for repairs
Vernon County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Stark

Stark and the towns around it

Webster: High, mostly inland floodingForest: High, mostly inland floodingWhitestown: High, mostly inland floodingUnion: Moderate, mostly cold wavesViroqua: Very low, mostly cold wavesClinton: High, mostly inland floodingLiberty: High, mostly inland floodingViola: High, mostly inland floodingBloom: High, mostly inland floodingSylvan: High, mostly inland floodingOntario: High, mostly inland floodingSheldon: High, mostly inland floodingForest: Moderate, mostly cold wavesHenrietta: High, mostly inland floodingGreenwood: Moderate, mostly cold wavesStark: High, mostly inland flooding StarkWebsterForestWhitestownUnion
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Forestmostly inland floodingHigh
Starkmostly inland floodingHigh
Webstermostly inland floodingHigh
Whitestownmostly inland floodingHigh
Unionmostly cold wavesModerate
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. Stark 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 Stark’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stark. 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.

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