Natural hazards · Donahue

Donahue, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Donahue comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1990. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Donahue?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Donahue to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Drought10%Hail7%Tornadoes7%Strong wind6%Cold waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Donahue 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 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 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

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Donahue flood?

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

2paid claims since 1990

$11Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Scott County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Donahue

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DonahueDeclared for Scott County only

2020

Severe Storms

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $4K to the City of Donahue for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $222K aid approved $11K to the City of Donahue for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

Scott County has had 17 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. Donahue 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 Donahue’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Donahue. 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.

Donahue, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Donahue?

What Donahue faces

Inland flooding

Drought

Hail

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Donahue flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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