1 flood insurance claims·$4,849 paid·1 federal flood & hurricane disasters
Share of the whole county outline, rivers and lakes included; parts FEMA hasn’t mapped count as zero.
Shaded areas are FEMA’s mapped flood hazard zones in and around Florence County, Wisconsin. Zoomed out they are simplified; at street level the map switches to FEMA’s exact layer. Tap anywhere to check that spot, or search an address above.
1 NOAA storm reports from Florence County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Wisconsin flood stories →
6 federal disaster declarations since 1976, 1 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Storms And Flooding | Jul 11, 2016 |
| Hurricane Katrina Evacuation | Aug 29, 2005 |
| Flood-07/20/99 | Jul 4, 1999 |
| Drought | Jun 17, 1976 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
8 since 1996: 3 flash floods and 5 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | Jul 27, 2010 | $1,000 |
| Flood | Apr 20, 2004 | — |
| Flood | Apr 14, 2002 | — |
| Flash Flood | Apr 11, 2002 | — |
| Flood | May 10, 2002 | — |
| Flood | Jul 15, 1999 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jul 15, 1999 | $1.6M |
| Flood | Apr 19, 1996 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flash Flood · Jul 27, 2010. A cold front combined with a warm and humid air mass to trigger thunderstorms that moved across northeast Wisconsin. The storms produced hail to golf ball size, wind gusts to 95 mph, funnel clouds and heavy rainfall that led to flash flooding. Downed trees and power lines were common and thousands of homes lost power.
Flood · Apr 20, 2004. Snow melt from Michigan's upper peninsula drained into the Brule and Menominee rivers causing minor flood in mid April.
Flood · Apr 14, 2002. Warm temperatures during the second week of the month led to significant runoff from snow melt over the northeast Wisconsin. The melted snow plus additional rainfall resulted in moderate flooding in the Brule/Menominee river basin (Florence co. and Marinette co.). Flooding was mostly to boat docks, piers and wooded areas, but homes in Aurora (Florence co.) were flooded as the Menominee river rose to more than 3…
Flash Flood · Apr 11, 2002. Significant rainfall and snow melt resulted in the flooding of roads and low lying areas across north-central Wisconsin.
National Weather Service narratives, lightly trimmed. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Every colour on the map above is a place on this drawing: where the ground sits relative to the flood FEMA plans for.
If a building in Florence County is in a high-risk zone (A or V) and its mortgage comes from a federally regulated or insured lender, or is federally backed, flood insurance is required.
Outside those zones it is optional, and often worth having: from 2014 to 2024 nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. Since Risk Rating 2.0, NFIP premiums are set for each building, so the only reliable price is a quote: FloodSmart.gov or a local agent.