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Natural hazards · Britt

Britt, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Britt comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Britt?

28
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Britt to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding26%Cold waves25%Drought19%Tornadoes16%Hail6%Strong wind5%Everything else3%
By hazard

What Britt faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Drought

19% of expected damage
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% 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 Britt flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Britt

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrittDeclared for Hancock County only
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

32 households applied for aid $77K aid approved $4K to the City of Britt for repairs
2007

Snow

$6K to the City of Britt for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
Hancock County has had 13 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. Britt 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 Britt’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Britt. 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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