Natural hazards · Kellerton

Kellerton, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kellerton comes from drought, 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 Kellerton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kellerton to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought.

Drought30%Heat waves15%Cold waves15%Tornadoes12%Inland flooding10%Strong wind10%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Kellerton faces

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

Drought

30% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Kellerton flood?

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

Disasters that hit Kellerton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KellertonDeclared for Ringgold County only

2024

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

9 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$2K to the City of Kellerton for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

14 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $1K to the City of Kellerton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $49K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the City of Kellerton for repairs

Ringgold County has had 18 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. Kellerton 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 Kellerton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kellerton. 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.