Natural hazards · Keota

Keota, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Keota comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Keota?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Keota to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes11%Strong wind11%Drought11%Hail7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Keota faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Keota flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Keokuk County.

Disasters that hit Keota

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KeotaDeclared for Keokuk County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$6K to the City of Keota for repairs

Keokuk County has had 16 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. Keota 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 Keota’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Keota. 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.

Keota, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Keota?

What Keota faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Drought

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Keota flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

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