TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
TripoliGood night
Natural hazards · Tripoli

Tripoli, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tripoli comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2004. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Tripoli?

39
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tripoli to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding37%Drought28%Tornadoes12%Cold waves8%Hail7%Strong wind6%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Tripoli faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

28% of expected damage
Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Tripoli flood?

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

4paid claims since 2004
$47Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20042026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Tripoli isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Bremer County.
Disasters that hit Tripoli

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TripoliDeclared for Bremer County only
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $5K to the City of Tripoli for repairs
1999

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$31K to the City of Tripoli for repairs
Bremer County has had 15 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. Tripoli 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 Tripoli’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tripoli. 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.

We left the porch light on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Tripoli, IAView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Tripoli is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map