Natural hazards · Jackson Junction

Jackson Junction, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jackson Junction comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jackson Junction?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jackson Junction to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes17%Hail8%Cold waves8%Drought8%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Jackson Junction faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Jackson Junction flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Winneshiek County.

Disasters that hit Jackson Junction

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Jackson JunctionDeclared for Winneshiek County only

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$19K to the City of Jackson Junction for repairs

Winneshiek County has had 19 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. Jackson Junction 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 Jackson Junction’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jackson Junction. 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.

Jackson Junction, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Jackson Junction?

What Jackson Junction faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Hail

Cold waves

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Jackson Junction flood?

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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