Natural hazards · Lambs Grove

Lambs Grove, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lambs Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lambs Grove?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lambs Grove to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding37%Tornadoes32%Strong wind13%Hail8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Lambs Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Lambs Grove flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jasper County.

Disasters that hit Lambs Grove

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lambs GroveDeclared for Jasper County only

2024

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2020

Severe Storms

$22K to the City of Lambs Grove for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the City of Lambs Grove for repairs

Jasper County has had 17 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. Lambs Grove 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 Lambs Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lambs Grove. 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.