Natural hazards · Quimby

Quimby, IA natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Quimby to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding33%Hail21%Tornadoes16%Drought11%Cold waves9%Strong wind7%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Quimby faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Quimby flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cherokee County.

Disasters that hit Quimby

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QuimbyDeclared for Cherokee County only

2024

Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $9K aid approved

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1.3M to the City of Quimby for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$4K to the City of Quimby for repairs

2007

Snow

$1K to the City of Quimby for repairs

Cherokee County has had 21 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. Quimby 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 Quimby’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Quimby. 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.