Natural hazards · Kimballton

Kimballton, IA natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kimballton to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought50%Inland flooding16%Cold waves13%Tornadoes10%Strong wind5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Kimballton faces

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

Drought

50% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Kimballton flood?

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

Disasters that hit Kimballton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KimballtonDeclared for Audubon County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $5K to the City of Kimballton for repairs

Audubon County has had 20 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. Kimballton 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 Kimballton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kimballton. 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.

Kimballton, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Kimballton?

What Kimballton faces

Drought

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Kimballton flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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