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Mount Auburn, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mount Auburn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Mount Auburn?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mount Auburn to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding45%Drought24%Strong wind12%Hail8%Tornadoes7%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Mount Auburn faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

24% of expected damage
Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Mount Auburn flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mount AuburnDeclared for Benton County only
2020

Severe Storms

6 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $190K aid approved
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the City of Mount Auburn for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
Benton County has had 14 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. Mount Auburn 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 Mount Auburn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mount Auburn. 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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