Natural hazards · Aurelia

Aurelia, IA natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aurelia to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding33%Hail21%Tornadoes16%Drought11%Cold waves9%Strong wind7%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Aurelia faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Aurelia flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cherokee County.

Disasters that hit Aurelia

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AureliaDeclared for Cherokee County only

2024

Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$4K to the City of Aurelia for repairs

2007

Snow

$2K to the City of Aurelia for repairs

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