Natural hazards · Kingsley

Kingsley, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingsley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1996. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kingsley?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kingsley to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding31%Hail24%Tornadoes17%Drought16%Cold waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Kingsley faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 28 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kingsley flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Kingsley, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 1996

$31Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Plymouth County.

Disasters that hit Kingsley

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingsleyDeclared for Plymouth County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $16K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$8K to the City of Kingsley for repairs

2007

Snow

$7K to the City of Kingsley for repairs

Plymouth County has had 14 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. Kingsley 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 Kingsley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kingsley. 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.