Floods in Wisconsin

Property owners in Wisconsin have filed 9,395 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $142 million paid.

  • 9,395flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $142Mpaid on those claims
  • 2008most claims in one year, 1,546
  • 31stamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Wisconsin per year 1978: 139 1979: 320 1980: 94 1981: 51 1982: 95 1983: 42 1984: 29 1985: 54 1986: 378 1987: 11 1988: 7 1989: 58 1990: 183 1991: 14 1992: 35 1993: 336 1994: 42 1995: 24 1996: 119 1997: 815 1998: 793 1999: 73 2000: 152 2001: 281 2002: 46 2003: 22 2004: 261 2005: 16 2006: 27 2007: 184 2008: 1,546 1,546 2009: 85 2010: 511 2011: 104 2012: 27 2013: 127 2014: 64 2015: 40 2016: 98 2017: 189 2018: 445 2019: 496 2020: 174 2021: 33 2022: 31 2023: 59 2024: 35 2025: 406 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Jun 20, 2012FloodClark, Taylor3$23,000

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).