Natural hazards · Solon

Solon, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Solon comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2016. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Solon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Solon to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes35%Inland flooding28%Strong wind12%Cold waves10%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Solon faces

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

Tornadoes

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Solon flood?

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

1paid claims since 2016

$41Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Johnson County.

Disasters that hit Solon

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SolonDeclared for Johnson County only

2020

Severe Storms

$148K to the City of Solon for repairs

2014

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

$9K to the City of Solon for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$67K to the City of Solon for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $75K aid approved $105K to the City of Solon for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$13K to the City of Solon for repairs

Johnson County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Solon 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 Solon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Solon. 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.