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Natural hazards · Wonewoc

Wonewoc, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wonewoc comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 60 claims here since 2008. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Wonewoc?

57
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wonewoc to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding39%Heat waves25%Cold waves20%Tornadoes7%Hail5%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Wonewoc faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 34 years in the area

Hail

5% 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 weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Wonewoc flood?

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

60paid claims since 2008
$3.9Mpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20082026

Biggest named events

  • Storm: 14 claims, $455K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Wonewoc isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Juneau County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Wonewoc

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WonewocDeclared for Juneau County only
2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $77K to the Town of Wonewoc for repairs
2018

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

79 households applied for aid $194K aid approved $110K to the Town of Wonewoc for repairs
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$15K to the Town of Wonewoc for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

79 households applied for aid $207K aid approved $24K to the Town of Wonewoc for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved $22K to the Town of Wonewoc for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Wonewoc for repairs
Juneau County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Wonewoc

Wonewoc and the towns around it

Elroy: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWonewoc: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHillsboro: Moderate, mostly cold wavesWoodland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSummit: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlymouth: High, mostly inland floodingForest: Moderate, mostly cold wavesGlendale: High, mostly inland floodingGreenwood: Moderate, mostly cold wavesWestford: High, mostly inland floodingLa Valle: High, mostly inland floodingSeven Mile Creek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLindina: High, mostly inland floodingFountain: High, mostly inland floodingWonewoc: Moderate, mostly inland flooding WonewocElroyWonewocHillsboroWoodlandSummitPlymouth
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Plymouthmostly inland floodingHigh
Wonewocmostly inland floodingModerate
Elroymostly inland floodingModerate
Wonewocmostly inland floodingModerate
Hillsboromostly cold wavesModerate
Summitmostly inland floodingModerate
Woodlandmostly 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. Wonewoc covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wonewoc’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Wonewoc. 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 Wonewoc total about $2.6M 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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