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Natural hazards · Bloomfield

Bloomfield, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bloomfield comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bloomfield?

47
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bloomfield to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought47%Inland flooding21%Tornadoes13%Heat waves6%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Bloomfield faces

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

Drought

47% of expected damage
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Bloomfield flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Bloomfield

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BloomfieldDeclared for Davis County only
2015

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

$19K to the City of Bloomfield for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved $21K to the City of Bloomfield for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

39 households applied for aid $132K aid approved $42K to the City of Bloomfield for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storm

$23K to the City of Bloomfield for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $860 aid approved
Davis County has had 15 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. Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bloomfield. 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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