Natural hazards · Atalissa

Atalissa, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Atalissa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 2013. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Atalissa?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Atalissa to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding53%Strong wind10%Hail9%Drought8%Tornadoes7%Heat waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Atalissa faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Atalissa flood?

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

11paid claims since 2013

$104Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20132026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Muscatine County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

19flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Atalissa

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AtalissaDeclared for Muscatine County only

2020

Severe Storms

3 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

116 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the City of Atalissa for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Muscatine County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Atalissa 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 Atalissa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Atalissa. 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.

Atalissa, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Atalissa?

What Atalissa faces

Inland flooding

Strong wind

Hail

Drought

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Atalissa flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

How to read this page

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