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Natural hazards · Lineville

Lineville, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lineville comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lineville?

55
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lineville to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought39%Inland flooding22%Tornadoes15%Cold waves11%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Lineville faces

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

Drought

39% of expected damage
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 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 Lineville flood?

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

Disasters that hit Lineville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LinevilleDeclared for Wayne County only
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$66K to the City of Lineville for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$13K to the City of Lineville for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $12K to the City of Lineville for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the City of Lineville for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the City of Lineville for repairs
Wayne County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Lineville

Lineville and the towns around it

Marion: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSomerset: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLindley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMorgan: High, mostly inland floodingRavanna: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLineville: Moderate, mostly drought LinevilleMarion
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Linevillemostly droughtModerate
Marionmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Lineville 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 Lineville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lineville. 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.

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