Natural hazards · Linden

Linden, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Linden comes from drought, and overall the risk is low 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 Linden?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Linden to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought61%Inland flooding17%Tornadoes8%Cold waves6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Linden faces

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

Drought

61% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Linden flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dallas County.

Disasters that hit Linden

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LindenDeclared for Dallas County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $62K aid approved

Dallas County has had 18 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. Linden 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 Linden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Linden. 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.