Natural hazards · Redfield

Redfield, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Redfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1993. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Redfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Redfield to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes20%Drought14%Cold waves8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Redfield faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Redfield flood?

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

1paid claims since 1993

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $5K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dallas County.

Disasters that hit Redfield

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RedfieldDeclared for Dallas County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $28K to the City of Redfield for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $6K to the City of Redfield for repairs

Dallas County has had 18 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. Redfield 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 Redfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Redfield. 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.

Redfield, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Redfield?

What Redfield faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Drought

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Redfield flood?

Biggest named events

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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