Natural hazards · Correctionville

Correctionville, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Correctionville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Correctionville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Correctionville to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes15%Hail11%Drought8%Cold waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Correctionville faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Correctionville flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Correctionville, from FEMA’s records.

17paid claims since 1978

$185Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

June Midwest Flooding: 7 claims, $157K
March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $6K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Woodbury County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

14flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Correctionville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorrectionvilleDeclared for Woodbury County only

2024

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

91 households applied for aid $995K aid approved $1.7M to the City of Correctionville for repairs

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $251K to the City of Correctionville for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$4K to the City of Correctionville for repairs

2007

Snow

$4K to the City of Correctionville for repairs

Woodbury County has had 16 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. Correctionville 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 Correctionville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Correctionville. 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.