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Stanton, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stanton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Stanton?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stanton to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes17%Cold waves16%Drought11%Heat waves9%Hail6%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Stanton faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about once 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

16% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Stanton flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Stanton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StantonDeclared for Montgomery County only
2024

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$44K to the City of Stanton for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

43 households applied for aid $104K aid approved $84K to the City of Stanton for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storm

$8K to the City of Stanton for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the City of Stanton for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

15 households applied for aid $32K aid approved $5K to the City of Stanton for repairs
Montgomery County has had 18 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. Stanton 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 Stanton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Stanton. 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.

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