Natural hazards · Kinross

Kinross, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kinross comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kinross?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kinross 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 Kinross 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 Kinross flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Kinross 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 Kinross

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KinrossDeclared for Keokuk County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

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. Kinross 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 Kinross’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kinross. 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.

Kinross, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Kinross?

What Kinross faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Drought

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Kinross flood?

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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