Natural hazards · Rudd

Rudd, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rudd comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2008. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rudd?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rudd to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding40%Drought25%Tornadoes17%Cold waves7%Hail7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Rudd faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

25% of expected damage

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Rudd flood?

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

2paid claims since 2008

$194Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Storm: 1 claim, $39K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Floyd County.

Disasters that hit Rudd

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RuddDeclared for Floyd County only

2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

$58K to the City of Rudd for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the City of Rudd for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $27K aid approved $10K to the City of Rudd for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$188 to the City of Rudd for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

1999

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the City of Rudd for repairs

Floyd 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. Rudd covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rudd’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rudd. 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 Rudd total about $2.4M 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.

Rudd, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Rudd?

What Rudd faces

Inland flooding

Drought

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Rudd flood?

Biggest named events

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

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