Natural hazards · Maurice

Maurice, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maurice comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Maurice?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maurice to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding34%Hail25%Tornadoes20%Cold waves8%Drought6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Maurice faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times 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 10 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Maurice flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sioux County.

Disasters that hit Maurice

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MauriceDeclared for Sioux County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid $14K to the City of Maurice for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$1K to the City of Maurice for repairs

Sioux County has had 13 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. Maurice 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 Maurice’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Maurice. 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.