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Natural hazards · Aredale

Aredale, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aredale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2008. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Aredale?

46
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aredale to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding32%Drought29%Cold waves13%Tornadoes12%Strong wind7%Hail5%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Aredale faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

29% of expected damage
Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Aredale flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Aredale, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2008
$2Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20082026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Aredale 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 Aredale

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AredaleDeclared for Butler County only
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $892 aid approved
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. Aredale 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 Aredale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Aredale. 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.

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