Natural hazards · Eagle Grove

Eagle Grove, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eagle Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eagle Grove?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eagle Grove to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes16%Cold waves15%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Eagle Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Eagle Grove flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wright County.

Disasters that hit Eagle Grove

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Eagle GroveDeclared for Wright County only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the City of Eagle Grove for repairs

2015

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

$17K to the City of Eagle Grove for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

102 households applied for aid $104K aid approved $46K to the City of Eagle Grove for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

92 households applied for aid $127K aid approved $51K to the City of Eagle Grove for repairs

2007

Snow

$7K to the City of Eagle Grove for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$4K to the City of Eagle Grove for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

Wright County has had 22 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. Eagle Grove covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eagle Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eagle Grove. 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 Eagle Grove total about $1.7M 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.

Eagle Grove, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Eagle Grove?

What Eagle Grove faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Eagle Grove flood?

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

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

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Snow

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

How to read this page

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