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Jesup, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jesup comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Jesup?

43
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jesup to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes14%Strong wind9%Hail9%Drought8%Cold waves6%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Jesup faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 13 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 Jesup flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Jesup 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Jesup

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JesupDeclared for Buchanan County only
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$4K to the City of Jesup for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $65K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $61K aid approved
1999

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the City of Jesup for repairs
1999

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$11K to the City of Jesup 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. Jesup 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 Jesup’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jesup. 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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