Natural hazards · Aplington

Aplington, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aplington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Aplington?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aplington to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes19%Drought12%Strong wind10%Cold waves10%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Aplington faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Aplington flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Aplington.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Aplington isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Butler County.

Disasters that hit Aplington

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Aplington itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Aplington.

Brought FEMA money into AplingtonDeclared for Butler County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

35 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $12K to the City of Aplington for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$4K to the City of Aplington for repairs

1999

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the City of Aplington for repairs

1999

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$33K to the City of Aplington for repairs

Butler County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Aplington is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Aplington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Aplington. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.