Natural hazards · Wabeno

Wabeno, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wabeno comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wabeno?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wabeno to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves76%Inland flooding18%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Wabeno faces

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

Cold waves

76% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Wabeno flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Forest County.

Disasters that hit Wabeno

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WabenoDeclared for Forest County only

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Wabeno for repairs

Forest County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Wabeno

Wabeno and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Silver Cliffmostly cold wavesLow

Townsendmostly inland floodingLow

Lakewoodmostly inland floodingLow

Wabenomostly cold wavesVery low

Blackwellmostly cold wavesVery low

Freedommostly cold wavesVery low

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