Storms, floods and disasters in Menominee
Menominee isn’t graded for hazard risk: Menominee has 345 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 257 claims here since 1978.
What Menominee faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
Hail
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Menominee flood? Yes: 257 flood claims since 1978
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Menominee, from FEMA’s records.
- The Midwest Flooding25 claims · $260K
- The Mid-spring storms6 claims · $51K
Menominee isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Jo Daviess County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Menominee
Disasters that paid out in Menominee itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Menominee), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 1999Severe Storms and Flash Flooding$2K to the Village of Menominee for repairs5 flood claims paid that year
Jo Daviess County has had 13 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often floods, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Park in a garage or under cover when storms are forecast.
- Stay away from windows while it falls.
- Photograph roof and car damage for your insurer.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Menominee
Does Menominee flood?
Flood insurance has paid 257 claims in Menominee since 1978, $2.8M in all. The most claims came from Midwest Flooding (25).
Is Menominee in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Jo Daviess County, 18% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.3% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Menominee?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Menominee’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Menominee?
By FEMA money that reached Menominee, Severe Storms and Flash Flooding (1999): $2K to the Village of Menominee for repairs. By flood claims, Midwest Flooding: 25 paid, $260K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Menominee.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Menominee’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.