Natural hazards · Seymour

Seymour, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Seymour comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Seymour?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Drought32%Tornadoes20%Inland flooding20%Cold waves11%Heat waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Seymour faces

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

Drought

32% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Seymour flood?

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

Disasters that hit Seymour

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SeymourDeclared for Wayne County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$31K to the City of Seymour for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $20K to the City of Seymour for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$136K to the City of Seymour for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storm

$22K to the City of Seymour for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the City of Seymour for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $583 aid approved

Wayne County has had 13 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. Seymour 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 Seymour’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Seymour. 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.

Seymour, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Seymour?

What Seymour faces

Drought

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Heat waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Seymour flood?

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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