Natural hazards · Udell

Udell, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Udell comes from drought, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Udell?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Udell to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought34%Inland flooding24%Tornadoes19%Cold waves8%Heat waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Udell faces

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

Drought

34% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% 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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Udell flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Appanoose County.

Disasters that hit Udell

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into UdellDeclared for Appanoose County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$10K to the City of Udell for repairs

Appanoose County has had 14 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. Udell 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 Udell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Udell. 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.