Natural hazards · Eddyville

Eddyville, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eddyville comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2008. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eddyville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Drought54%Inland flooding24%Tornadoes9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Eddyville faces

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

Drought

54% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Eddyville flood?

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

5paid claims since 2008

$100Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Storm: 1 claim, $64K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wapello County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Eddyville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EddyvilleDeclared for Wapello County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

66 households applied for aid $74K aid approved $318K to the City of Eddyville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

64 households applied for aid $87K aid approved $766K to the City of Eddyville for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$27K to the City of Eddyville for repairs

Wapello 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. Eddyville 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 Eddyville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eddyville. 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.