Natural hazards · Swiss

Swiss, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Swiss comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2005. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Swiss?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Swiss to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding53%Cold waves28%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Swiss faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% 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 Swiss flood?

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

6paid claims since 2005

$101Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20052026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $1K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burnett County.

Disasters that hit Swiss

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SwissDeclared for Burnett County only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$21K to the Town of Swiss for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$4K to the Town of Swiss for repairs

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

Around Swiss

Swiss and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Unionmostly inland floodingHigh

Ogemamostly inland floodingLow

Swissmostly inland floodingLow

Blainemostly inland floodingLow

Oaklandmostly inland floodingLow

Webb Lakemostly inland floodingLow

Jacksonmostly inland floodingLow

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. Swiss covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Swiss’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Swiss. 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 Swiss total about $3.0M 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.