Photo: User:Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 2.5FEMA expects about as much hazard damage per building in Fox Crossing as in the typical U.S. town, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Fox Crossing gets a B for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 59% of U.S. towns, #268 of 362 in Wisconsin. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (85%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Fox Crossing 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.
What’s behind Fox Crossing’s grade
River and rain flooding is 85% of the building damage FEMA expects in Fox Crossing, and Fox Crossing’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 62% of U.S. census tracts. Next is tornadoes at 8% (higher than 69% of U.S. census tracts).
B #268 of 362 in Wisconsin; lower expected damage per building than 59% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Fox Crossing’s residents live in 9 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical Wisconsin town has lower expected damage than 79% of U.S. towns; within the state, Fox Crossing has more expected damage per building than 74% of Wisconsin towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $7.8M a year in losses across Fox Crossing: $5.1M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Fox Crossing flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Fox Crossing. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Fox Crossing isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Winnebago County.The storms Fox Crossing remembers
None of the 8 disasters declared for Winnebago County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Fox Crossing itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Winnebago County has had 8 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Fox Crossing and its neighbors
Fox Crossing is 4th of the 7 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Chute | A+among the lowest damage | river and rain flooding | 3 |
| Appleton | A+less damage than 98% | river and rain flooding | 8 |
| Clayton | Bless damage than 64% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Fox Crossing | Bless damage than 59% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Neenah | Bless damage than 57% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Menasha | B−more damage than 54% | river and rain flooding | 4 |
| Neenah | C−more damage than 76% | river and rain flooding | 7 |
| Harrison | — | 0 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Fox Crossing faces
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 Fox Crossing
Is Fox Crossing at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Fox Crossing has lower expected damage per building than 59% of U.S. towns: B for hazard risk, #268 of 362 in Wisconsin. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (85%) and tornadoes (8%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Fox Crossing 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 Winnebago County, 20% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.8% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Fox Crossing?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Fox Crossing’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Fox Crossing at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (85%), and Fox Crossing’s rate for it is higher than 62% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Fox Crossing.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Fox Crossing’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.