Natural hazards · Alexandria

Alexandria, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alexandria comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 47 claims here since 1993. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alexandria?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alexandria to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding58%Heat waves18%Strong wind7%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Alexandria faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Alexandria flood?

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

47paid claims since 1993

$1.5Mpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 28 claims, $1.0M
Late spring storms: 5 claims, $75K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clark County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

50flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Alexandria

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlexandriaDeclared for Clark County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$14K to the City of Alexandria for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

48 households applied for aid $21K aid approved $61K to the City of Alexandria for repairs

Clark County has had 23 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. Alexandria 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 Alexandria’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Alexandria. 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.