Natural hazards · Pulaski

Pulaski, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pulaski comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Pulaski?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pulaski to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought47%Inland flooding21%Tornadoes13%Heat waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Pulaski faces

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

Drought

47% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

6% 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 weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Pulaski flood?

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

Disasters that hit Pulaski

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PulaskiDeclared for Davis County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$30K to the City of Pulaski for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K to the City of Pulaski for repairs

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