Photo: Mostly Iowa Edits · CC BY-SA 4.0Storms, floods and disasters in Kiron
Kiron isn’t graded for hazard risk: Kiron has 249 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1978.
What Kiron faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Kiron flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 1978
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Kiron, from FEMA’s records.
Kiron isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Crawford County.3 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Kiron
Disasters that paid out in Kiron itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Kiron), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2010Severe Winter Storm$2K to the City of Kiron for repairs
- 2008Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding3 households applied for aid$20K aid approved$3K to the City of Kiron for repairs
- 2007Snow$1K to the City of Kiron for repairs
Crawford County has had 20 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Kiron
Does Kiron flood?
Flood insurance has paid 1 claim in Kiron since 1978, $487 in all.
Is Kiron in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Crawford County, 0.0% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Kiron?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Kiron’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Kiron?
By FEMA money that reached Kiron, Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding (2008): 3 households applied for aid, $20K approved, and $3K to the City of Kiron for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Kiron.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Kiron’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.