Natural hazards · Tripp

Tripp, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tripp comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very 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 Tripp?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tripp to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves47%Inland flooding38%Strong wind7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Tripp faces

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

Cold waves

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

HurricanesEarthquakesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Tripp flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bayfield County.

Disasters that hit Tripp

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TrippDeclared for Bayfield County only

2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$30K to the Town of Tripp for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$25K to the Town of Tripp for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$9K to the Town of Tripp for repairs

1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$20K to the Town of Tripp for repairs

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

Around Tripp

Tripp and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Trippmostly cold wavesVery low

Oulumostly cold wavesVery low

Orientamostly cold wavesVery low

Iron Rivermostly cold wavesVery low

Hughesmostly cold wavesVery low

Barksdalemostly cold wavesVery low

Washburnmostly cold wavesVery 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. Tripp 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 Tripp’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Tripp. 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.