Natural hazards · Reasnor

Reasnor, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Reasnor comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2008. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Reasnor?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Reasnor to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding37%Drought25%Tornadoes16%Strong wind8%Hail5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Reasnor faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

25% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year 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 Reasnor flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Reasnor, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2008

$36Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Storm: 1 claim, $36K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jasper County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Reasnor

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ReasnorDeclared for Jasper County only

2020

Severe Storms

1 household applied for aid

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

32 households applied for aid $161K aid approved $65K to the City of Reasnor for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $39K aid approved $31K to the City of Reasnor for repairs

Jasper County has had 17 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. Reasnor 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 Reasnor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Reasnor. 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.