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Natural hazards · Macedonia

Macedonia, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Macedonia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Macedonia?

56
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Macedonia to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding29%Tornadoes20%Drought16%Hail14%Cold waves8%Strong wind7%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Macedonia faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Macedonia flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Macedonia isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Pottawattamie County.
Disasters that hit Macedonia

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MacedoniaDeclared for Pottawattamie County only
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$375 to the City of Macedonia for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$5K to the City of Macedonia for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved
Pottawattamie County has had 24 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. Macedonia 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 Macedonia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Macedonia. 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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