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West Marshland, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Marshland comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1997. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is West Marshland?

18
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Marshland to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves36%Inland flooding32%Tornadoes10%Strong wind6%Lightning5%Everything else11%
By hazard

What West Marshland faces

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

Cold waves

36% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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 West Marshland flood?

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

4paid claims since 1997
$69Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19972026

Biggest named events

  • Severe flooding: 2 claims, $52K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. West Marshland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Burnett County.
Disasters that hit West Marshland

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into West MarshlandDeclared for Burnett County only
2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$14K to the Town of West Marshland for repairs
Burnett County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around West Marshland

West Marshland and the towns around it

Chengwatana: High, mostly inland floodingCrosby: Low, mostly inland floodingUnion: High, mostly inland floodingGrantsburg: Very low, mostly cold wavesWood River: Low, mostly inland floodingLincoln: Very low, mostly cold wavesPine City: High, mostly inland floodingPokegama: High, mostly inland floodingMunch: High, mostly inland floodingOgema: Low, mostly inland floodingArlone: Low, mostly cold wavesClover: Low, mostly inland floodingOakland: Low, mostly inland floodingSwiss: Low, mostly inland floodingRock Creek: High, mostly inland floodingAnderson: Low, mostly inland floodingDaniels: Very low, mostly cold wavesTrade Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Sweden: Low, mostly inland floodingMeenon: High, mostly inland floodingPine City: High, mostly inland floodingRoyalton: High, mostly inland floodingWest Marshland: Very low, mostly cold waves West MarshlandChengwatanaCrosbyUnionGrantsburgWood RiverLincolnPine City
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Chengwatanamostly inland floodingHigh
Pine Citymostly inland floodingHigh
Unionmostly inland floodingHigh
Wood Rivermostly inland floodingLow
Crosbymostly inland floodingLow
West Marshlandmostly cold wavesVery low
Grantsburgmostly cold wavesVery low
Lincolnmostly 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. West Marshland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to West Marshland’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of West Marshland. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across West Marshland total about $1.7M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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