Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Storms, floods and disasters in Shiocton
Shiocton isn’t graded for hazard risk: Shiocton has 825 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1979.
What Shiocton 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
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 Shiocton flood? Sometimes: 17 flood claims since 1979
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Shiocton, from FEMA’s records.
- The 2026-04-Flooding13 claims · $478K
Shiocton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Outagamie County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Shiocton
Disasters that paid out in Shiocton itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Shiocton), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2026Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding73 households applied for aid$400K aid approved$100K to the Village of Shiocton for repairs13 flood claims paid that year
Outagamie County has had 8 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.
- 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Shiocton
Does Shiocton flood?
Flood insurance has paid 17 claims in Shiocton since 1979, $484K in all. The most claims came from 2026-04-Flooding (13).
Is Shiocton 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 Outagamie County, 34% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.3% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Shiocton?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Shiocton’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 Shiocton?
By FEMA money that reached Shiocton, Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding (2026): 73 households applied for aid, $400K approved, and $100K to the Village of Shiocton for repairs. By flood claims, 2026-04-Flooding: 13 paid, $478K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Shiocton.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Shiocton’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.