Natural hazards · Whiting

Whiting, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Whiting comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Whiting?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Whiting to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding68%Cold waves17%Tornadoes8%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Whiting faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% 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 Whiting flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Portage County.

Disasters that hit Whiting

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WhitingDeclared for Portage County only

2019

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

$36K to the Village of Whiting for repairs

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

Around Whiting

Whiting and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Whitingmostly inland floodingHigh

Linwoodmostly inland floodingHigh

Stevens Pointmostly inland floodingModerate

Plovermostly inland floodingModerate

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