Natural hazards · Union Center

Union Center, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Union Center comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2018. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Union Center?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Union Center to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding39%Heat waves25%Cold waves20%Tornadoes7%Hail5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Union Center faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 34 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Union Center flood?

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

3paid claims since 2018

$619Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Juneau County.

Disasters that hit Union Center

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Union CenterDeclared for Juneau County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $11K to the Village of Union Center for repairs

2018

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

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $135K to the Village of Union Center for repairs

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$14K to the Village of Union Center for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$13K to the Village of Union Center for repairs

Juneau County has had 14 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. Union Center 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 Union Center’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Union Center. 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.

Union Center, WI natural hazards

How exposed is Union Center?

What Union Center faces

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Union Center flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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