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Robins, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Robins comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2008. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Robins?

30
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Robins to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes23%Strong wind11%Hail9%Cold waves8%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Robins faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Strong wind

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Robins flood?

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

2paid claims since 2008
$52Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20082026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Robins isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Linn County.
Disasters that hit Robins

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RobinsDeclared for Linn County only
2020

Severe Storms

45 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $1.7M to the City of Robins for repairs
2014

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

$183K to the City of Robins for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $52K aid approved $1K to the City of Robins for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the City of Robins for repairs
Linn County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Robins

Robins and the towns around it

Hiawatha: Low, mostly inland floodingCedar Rapids: Low, mostly inland floodingMarion: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFairfax: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBertram: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRobins: Low, mostly inland flooding RobinsHiawathaCedar Rapids
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cedar Rapidsmostly inland floodingLow
Robinsmostly inland floodingLow
Hiawathamostly inland floodingLow
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. Robins covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Robins’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Robins. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Robins total about $2.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

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