Natural hazards · Stockton

Stockton, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stockton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stockton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stockton to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding37%Cold waves32%Tornadoes15%Hail6%Strong wind5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Stockton faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Stockton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Portage County.

Disasters that hit Stockton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StocktonDeclared for Portage County only

2019

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

$233K to the Town of Stockton for repairs

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Stockton for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$8K to the Town of Stockton for repairs

Portage County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Stockton

Stockton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Stevens Pointmostly inland floodingModerate

Plovermostly inland floodingModerate

Buena Vistamostly inland floodingLow

Sharonmostly inland floodingLow

New Hopemostly inland floodingLow

Stocktonmostly inland floodingVery low

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