Natural hazards · Airport Drive

Airport Drive, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Airport Drive comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2007. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Airport Drive?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Airport Drive to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes22%Heat waves9%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Airport Drive faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Airport Drive flood?

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

1paid claims since 2007

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jasper County.

Disasters that hit Airport Drive

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Airport Drive itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of Airport Drive.

Brought FEMA money into Airport DriveDeclared for Jasper County only

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$24K to the Village of Airport Drive for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$40K to the Village of Airport Drive for repairs

Jasper County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Airport Drive

Airport Drive and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Carl Junctionmostly inland floodingHigh

Airport Drivemostly inland floodingHigh

Joplinmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Airport Drive 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 Airport Drive’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Airport Drive. 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.