Natural hazards · Thorp

Thorp, WI natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding40%Cold waves36%Tornadoes10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Thorp faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

36% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 26 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Thorp flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clark County.

Disasters that hit Thorp

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ThorpDeclared for Clark County only

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$31K to the Town of Thorp for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Thorp for repairs

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$38K to the Town of Thorp for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$25K to the Town of Thorp for repairs

Clark County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Thorp

Thorp and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Taftmostly inland floodingLow

Stanleymostly inland floodingLow

Delmarmostly inland floodingLow

Thorpmostly inland floodingLow

Wordenmostly inland floodingLow

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