Natural hazards · Boxholm

Boxholm, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boxholm comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boxholm?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boxholm to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought39%Inland flooding30%Tornadoes14%Cold waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Boxholm faces

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

Drought

39% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Boxholm flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Boone County.

Disasters that hit Boxholm

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoxholmDeclared for Boone County only

2020

Severe Storms

1 household applied for aid $9K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$15K to the City of Boxholm for repairs

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