Natural hazards · Weston

Weston, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2020. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weston?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding43%Cold waves41%Tornadoes8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Weston faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% 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 Weston flood?

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

1paid claims since 2020

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20202026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marathon County.

Disasters that hit Weston

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestonDeclared for Marathon County only

2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Marathon County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Weston

Weston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kronenwettermostly inland floodingHigh

Rothschildmostly inland floodingLow

Ringlemostly inland floodingLow

Westonmostly inland floodingLow

Schofieldmostly inland floodingVery 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. Weston covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Weston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Weston. 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 Weston total about $5.7M 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.