Natural hazards · Wescott

Wescott, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wescott comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wescott?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wescott to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves27%Tornadoes7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Wescott faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Wescott flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shawano County.

Disasters that hit Wescott

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Shawano County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Wescott itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WescottDeclared for Shawano County only

Shawano County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Wescott

Wescott and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wescottmostly inland floodingHigh

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Shawanomostly cold wavesModerate

Richmondmostly inland floodingLow

Underhillmostly inland floodingLow

Menomineemostly cold wavesLow

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