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Natural hazards · Atkins

Atkins, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Atkins 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 Atkins?

52
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Atkins to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding53%Strong wind13%Tornadoes12%Drought9%Hail7%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Atkins 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 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Atkins flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Atkins isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Benton County.
Disasters that hit Atkins

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AtkinsDeclared for Benton County only
2020

Severe Storms

90 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $1.1M to the City of Atkins for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

40 households applied for aid $45K aid approved
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$3K to the City of Atkins for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
Benton County has had 14 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. Atkins 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 Atkins’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Atkins. 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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