Natural hazards · Manilla

Manilla, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Manilla comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Manilla?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Manilla to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding40%Drought28%Tornadoes16%Cold waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Manilla faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

28% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Manilla flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

Disasters that hit Manilla

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ManillaDeclared for Crawford County only

2024

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$123K to the City of Manilla for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$15K to the City of Manilla for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$8K to the City of Manilla for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2007

Snow

$3K to the City of Manilla for repairs

Crawford County has had 21 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. Manilla 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 Manilla’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Manilla. 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.