Natural hazards · Stinnett

Stinnett, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stinnett 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 Stinnett?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stinnett to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves40%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Stinnett faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Stinnett flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washburn County.

Disasters that hit Stinnett

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StinnettDeclared for Washburn County only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$44K to the Town of Stinnett for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$4K to the Town of Stinnett for repairs

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

Around Stinnett

Stinnett and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Haywardmostly cold wavesLow

Stinnettmostly inland floodingLow

Frog Creekmostly inland floodingLow

Gull Lakemostly inland floodingLow

Bass Lakemostly cold wavesLow

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