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Natural hazards · Davenport

Davenport, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Davenport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 898 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Davenport?

41
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Davenport to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Tornadoes9%Cold waves8%Strong wind7%Hail7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Davenport faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Davenport flood?

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

898paid claims since 1979
$19.3Mpaid to owners
104homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Severe flooding: 75 claims, $2.2M
  • Midwest Flooding: 40 claims, $1.3M
  • March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 15 claims, $708K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (30) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Davenport is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Scott County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

108flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
5homes raised above flood level
1flood-prone homes bought out and moved
Disasters that hit Davenport

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DavenportDeclared for Scott County only
2024

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

160 households applied for aid $284K aid approved $1.0M to the City of Davenport for repairs
2023

Flooding

$1.4M to the City of Davenport for repairs
2020

Severe Storms

1,267 households applied for aid $348K aid approved $2.2M to the City of Davenport for repairs
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

184 households applied for aid $253K aid approved $3.2M to the City of Davenport for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

373 households applied for aid $513K aid approved $1.9M to the City of Davenport for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2001

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$1.8M to the City of Davenport for repairs
Scott County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Davenport

Davenport and the towns around it

Bettendorf: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRock Island: High, mostly inland floodingRock Island Arsenal: High, mostly inland floodingBlackhawk: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEldridge: Very low, mostly inland floodingBuffalo: Low, mostly inland floodingSouth Rock Island: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMoline: Low, mostly inland floodingAndalusia: High, mostly inland floodingRiverdale: Low, mostly inland floodingHampton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSouth Moline: Low, mostly inland floodingRock Island: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMoline: Low, mostly inland floodingMilan: High, mostly inland floodingCoal Valley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBowling: High, mostly inland floodingOak Grove: High, mostly inland floodingRural: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEdgington: High, mostly inland floodingEast Moline: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBuffalo Prairie: High, mostly inland floodingDavenport: Moderate, mostly inland flooding DavenportBettendorfRock IslandRock Island ArsenalBlackhawkEldridgeBuffaloSouth Rock IslandMolineAndalusia
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Rock Island Arsenalmostly inland floodingHigh
Rock Islandmostly inland floodingHigh
Andalusiamostly inland floodingHigh
Blackhawkmostly inland floodingModerate
Bettendorfmostly inland floodingModerate
South Rock Islandmostly inland floodingModerate
Davenportmostly inland floodingModerate
Buffalomostly inland floodingLow
Molinemostly inland floodingLow
Eldridgemostly inland floodingVery low
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. Davenport covers 31 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Davenport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Davenport. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Davenport total about $34.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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