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West Baraboo, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Baraboo comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2008. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is West Baraboo?

21
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Baraboo to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves18%Tornadoes17%Hail11%Everything else7%
By hazard

What West Baraboo faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 85 years in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% 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 West Baraboo flood?

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

1paid claims since 2008
$7Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20082026

Biggest named events

  • Storm: 1 claim, $7K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. West Baraboo isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Sauk County.
Disasters that hit West Baraboo

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into West BarabooDeclared for Sauk County only
2018

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

$18K to the Village of West Baraboo for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$6K to the Village of West Baraboo for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$8K to the Village of West Baraboo for repairs
Sauk County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around West Baraboo

West Baraboo and the towns around it

Baraboo: Low, mostly inland floodingBaraboo: Low, mostly inland floodingSumpter: Very high, mostly inland floodingDelton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFreedom: Moderate, mostly inland floodingExcelsior: High, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreenfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMerrimac: Very high, mostly inland floodingWest Baraboo: Low, mostly inland flooding West BarabooBarabooBaraboo
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Baraboomostly inland floodingLow
West Baraboomostly inland floodingLow
Baraboomostly inland floodingLow
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. West Baraboo 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 West Baraboo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of West Baraboo. 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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