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Natural hazards · Hazleton

Hazleton, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hazleton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hazleton?

59
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hazleton to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Drought12%Tornadoes10%Hail10%Strong wind7%Cold waves6%Everything else3%
By hazard

What Hazleton 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
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage
Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 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 Hazleton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hazleton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Buchanan County.
Disasters that hit Hazleton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HazletonDeclared for Buchanan County only
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

82 households applied for aid $106K aid approved $17K to the City of Hazleton for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
1999

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$22K to the City of Hazleton for repairs
Buchanan County has had 21 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. Hazleton 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 Hazleton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hazleton. 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.

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