Natural hazards · Arion

Arion, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arion comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arion?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arion to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding35%Drought34%Tornadoes13%Cold waves7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Arion faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

34% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Arion flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

Disasters that hit Arion

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArionDeclared for Crawford County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $6K to the City of Arion for repairs

Crawford County has had 21 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. Arion 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 Arion’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Arion. 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.