Natural hazards · Wascott

Wascott, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wascott comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wascott?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wascott to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves47%Inland flooding41%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Wascott 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 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 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 Wascott flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Douglas County.

Disasters that hit Wascott

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WascottDeclared for Douglas County only

2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$23K to the Town of Wascott for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$12K to the Town of Wascott for repairs

1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$54K to the Town of Wascott for repairs

Douglas County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Wascott

Wascott and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Barnesmostly inland floodingLow

Minongmostly inland floodingLow

Frog Creekmostly inland floodingLow

Gordonmostly cold wavesVery low

Wascottmostly cold wavesVery low

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