Natural hazards · Turtle Lake

Turtle Lake, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Turtle Lake comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Turtle Lake?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Turtle Lake to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves40%Inland flooding30%Tornadoes11%Hail7%Strong wind6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Turtle Lake faces

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

Cold waves

40% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Turtle Lake flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barron County.

Disasters that hit Turtle Lake

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Turtle LakeDeclared for Barron County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$40K to the Town of Turtle Lake for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$108K to the Town of Turtle Lake for repairs

Barron County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and tornadoes.

Around Turtle Lake

Turtle Lake and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Turtle Lakemostly cold wavesLow

Arlandmostly cold wavesLow

Vance Creekmostly cold wavesLow

Almenamostly cold wavesVery low

Claytonmostly 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. Turtle Lake 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 Turtle Lake’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Turtle Lake. 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.