Natural hazards · Liscomb

Liscomb, IA natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Liscomb to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought38%Inland flooding35%Tornadoes12%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Liscomb faces

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

Drought

38% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Liscomb flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marshall County.

Disasters that hit Liscomb

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LiscombDeclared for Marshall County only

2020

Severe Storms

17 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $16K to the City of Liscomb for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $66K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$6K to the City of Liscomb for repairs

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