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Natural hazards · Wauzeka

Wauzeka, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wauzeka comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Wauzeka?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wauzeka to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes11%Cold waves8%Hail6%Heat waves5%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Wauzeka faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% 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 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 Wauzeka flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Wauzeka isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Crawford County.
Disasters that hit Wauzeka

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WauzekaDeclared for Crawford County only
2018

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

3 households applied for aid
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $42K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
Crawford County has had 20 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. Wauzeka 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 Wauzeka’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Wauzeka. 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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