Natural hazards · Redding

Redding, IA natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Drought30%Heat waves15%Cold waves15%Tornadoes12%Inland flooding10%Strong wind10%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Redding faces

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

Drought

30% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Redding flood?

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

Disasters that hit Redding

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ReddingDeclared for Ringgold County only

2024

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

7 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2014

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

$2K to the City of Redding for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

8 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $322 aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storm

$2K to the City of Redding for repairs

Ringgold County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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