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Tabor, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tabor comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Tabor?

41
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tabor to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding31%Tornadoes23%Heat waves11%Cold waves10%Drought9%Hail8%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Tabor faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Tabor flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TaborDeclared for Fremont County only
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $2K to the City of Tabor for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the City of Tabor for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $750 aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $8K to the City of Tabor for repairs
Fremont County has had 17 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. Tabor 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 Tabor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tabor. 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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