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Natural hazards · Tennyson

Tennyson, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tennyson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Tennyson?

30
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tennyson to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding41%Cold waves17%Tornadoes15%Hail10%Strong wind8%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Tennyson faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Tennyson flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TennysonDeclared for Grant County only
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$900 to the Village of Tennyson for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Village of Tennyson for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$16K to the Village of Tennyson for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Village of Tennyson for repairs
Grant County has had 17 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. Tennyson 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 Tennyson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Tennyson. 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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