Natural hazards · Nodaway

Nodaway, IA natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding29%Cold waves21%Drought16%Tornadoes15%Heat waves9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Nodaway 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 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Nodaway flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Adams County.

Disasters that hit Nodaway

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NodawayDeclared for Adams County only

2024

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

Adams County has had 15 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. Nodaway 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 Nodaway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Nodaway. 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.

Nodaway, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Nodaway?

What Nodaway faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Drought

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Nodaway flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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