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Gravity, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gravity comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gravity?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gravity to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought44%Inland flooding16%Cold waves12%Heat waves11%Tornadoes9%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Gravity faces

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

Drought

44% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Gravity flood?

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

Disasters that hit Gravity

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GravityDeclared for Taylor County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $843 aid approved $11K to the City of Gravity for repairs

Taylor County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice 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. Gravity 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 Gravity’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Gravity. 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.

Gravity, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Gravity?

What Gravity faces

Drought

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Heat waves

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Gravity flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

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