2 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 Menominee 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 Menominee County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Wisconsin flood stories →
7 federal disaster declarations since 1976, 2 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding | Jul 18, 2019 |
| Hurricane Katrina Evacuation | Aug 29, 2005 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding | Jun 7, 1993 |
| Severe Storms & Flooding | Jul 10, 1984 |
| Drought | Jun 17, 1976 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
4 since 1996: 1 flash floods and 3 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flood | Jul 20, 2019 | — · 1 killed |
| Flood | Dec 10, 2014 | $10,000 |
| Flash Flood | Jul 8, 2000 | — |
| Flood | Jun 16, 1996 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flood · Jul 20, 2019. For the second consecutive day, a line of powerful thunderstorms moved across portions of central and east-central Wisconsin. The worst damage occurred from Wood/Portage counties eastward into the Fox Valley and lakeshore. Trees were uprooted or snapped and several structures were damaged as a result of straight-line winds and six weak, fast-moving tornadoes.||There was also a fatality due to drowning in Keshena (…
Flood · Dec 10, 2014. Three separate ice jams along the Wolf River about 0.75 mile south of Keshena lead to flooding in the Keshena area.
Flash Flood · Jul 8, 2000. A nearly stationary front across Wisconsin combined with upper air support and abundant moisture to produce a prolonged period of thunderstorms. A few of the storms contained high winds and hail but flooding from heavy rainfall caused the majority of the problems.The heaviest rainfall occurred in an area that extended from southern Vilas county southeast into Manitowoc county. Rainfall totals in this area ranged…
Flood · Jun 16, 1996. Heavy rainfall fell across most of Central and East Central Wisconsin, as well as parts of Northeast Wisconsin from June 16th through the 18th. Amounts over the three day period ranged from 2 to 7 inches in most locales. Shawano, Waupaca and Outagamie counties were among the heaviest hit, with several locations receiving between 5 and 7 inches of rain during the three day period. Runoff from the heavy rainfall…
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 Menominee 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.