Natural hazards · Winfield

Winfield, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Winfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Winfield?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Winfield to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Cold waves15%Tornadoes10%Hail6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Winfield faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Winfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Winfield 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 Winfield

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WinfieldDeclared for Sauk County only

2018

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

$38K to the Town of Winfield for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$46K to the Town of Winfield for repairs

Sauk County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Winfield

Winfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Reedsburgmostly inland floodingHigh

Winfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Dellonamostly inland floodingHigh

La Vallemostly inland floodingHigh

Seven Mile Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

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