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Natural hazards · Verona

Verona, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Verona comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2018. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Verona?

12
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Verona to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding49%Cold waves23%Tornadoes13%Hail8%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Verona faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Verona flood?

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

2paid claims since 2018
$50Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20182026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Verona isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Dane County.
Disasters that hit Verona

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VeronaDeclared for Dane County only
2018

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

52 households applied for aid $164K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$35K to the City of Verona for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $14K aid approved
2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$32K to the City of Verona for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

49 households applied for aid $46K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2000

Snow

$7K to the City of Verona for repairs
Dane County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Verona

Verona and the towns around it

Verona: Very low, mostly inland floodingMadison: Very low, mostly inland floodingSpringdale: Low, mostly inland floodingFitchburg: Very low, mostly inland floodingMiddleton: Very low, mostly inland floodingMontrose: Very low, mostly inland floodingPrimrose: Very low, mostly inland floodingBurke: Very low, mostly inland floodingBlooming Grove: Very low, mostly cold wavesWestport: Low, mostly inland floodingMonona: Very low, mostly inland floodingMiddleton: Low, mostly inland floodingCottage Grove: Very low, mostly inland floodingMcFarland: Low, mostly inland floodingSun Prairie: Very low, mostly inland floodingVerona: Very low, mostly inland flooding VeronaVeronaMadison
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Veronamostly inland floodingVery low
Madisonmostly inland floodingVery low
Veronamostly inland floodingVery 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. Verona 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 Verona’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Verona. 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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