Natural hazards · Douds

Douds, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Douds comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Douds?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Douds to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes14%Heat waves10%Drought9%Lightning7%Strong wind6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Douds faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

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 Douds flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Van Buren County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Douds

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DoudsDeclared for Van Buren County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $69K aid approved

Van Buren County has had 13 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. Douds 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 Douds’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Douds. 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.

Douds, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Douds?

What Douds faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Drought

Lightning

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Douds flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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