Natural hazards · Hinton

Hinton, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hinton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hinton to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes20%Hail15%Drought10%Cold waves7%Wildfire5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Hinton faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Hail

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hinton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Plymouth County.

Disasters that hit Hinton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HintonDeclared for Plymouth County only

2024

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

2 households applied for aid $30K to the City of Hinton for repairs

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$128K to the City of Hinton for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$11K to the City of Hinton for repairs

2007

Snow

$3K to the City of Hinton for repairs

Plymouth County has had 14 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. Hinton 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 Hinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hinton. 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.