Natural hazards · Orient

Orient, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orient comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orient?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orient to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves31%Inland flooding24%Drought17%Tornadoes11%Hail8%Strong wind6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Orient faces

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

Cold waves

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Orient flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Orient

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrientDeclared for Adair County only

2024

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$7K to the City of Orient for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $24K to the City of Orient for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the City of Orient for repairs

2007

Snow

$2K to the City of Orient for repairs

Adair 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. Orient 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 Orient’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Orient. 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.

Orient, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Orient?

What Orient faces

Cold waves

Inland flooding

Drought

Tornadoes

Hail

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Orient flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Snow

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