Natural hazards · Sturtevant

Sturtevant, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sturtevant comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1980. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sturtevant?

2
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sturtevant to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding38%Cold waves28%Tornadoes20%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Sturtevant faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Sturtevant flood?

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

1paid claims since 1980
$23Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19802026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sturtevant isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Racine County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Sturtevant

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SturtevantDeclared for Racine County only
2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$15K to the Village of Sturtevant for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $2K to the Village of Sturtevant for repairs
2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$8K to the Village of Sturtevant for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $47K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2000

Snow

$5K to the Village of Sturtevant for repairs
Racine County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
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. Sturtevant covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sturtevant’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Sturtevant. 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 Sturtevant total about $1.9M 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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