Natural hazards · Wever

Wever, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wever comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wever?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wever to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding49%Drought14%Tornadoes12%Heat waves7%Strong wind7%Hail6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Wever faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Wever flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lee County.

Disasters that hit Wever

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeverDeclared for Lee County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Lee County has had 20 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. Wever 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 Wever’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wever. 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.