Natural hazards · Sandyville

Sandyville, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sandyville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sandyville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sandyville to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding34%Drought31%Tornadoes13%Cold waves9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Sandyville faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

31% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 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 Sandyville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Warren County.

Disasters that hit Sandyville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SandyvilleDeclared for Warren County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$26K to the City of Sandyville for repairs

Warren County has had 16 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. Sandyville 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 Sandyville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sandyville. 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.