Natural hazards · Allenville

Allenville, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Allenville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2008. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Allenville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Allenville to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding40%Earthquakes21%Cold waves9%Heat waves9%Tornadoes7%Drought6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Allenville faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Allenville flood?

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

2paid claims since 2008

$12Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

March storm: 2 claims, $12K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cape Girardeau County.

Disasters that hit Allenville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AllenvilleDeclared for Cape Girardeau County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $20K to the Village of Allenville for repairs

Cape Girardeau County has had 24 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. Allenville 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 Allenville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Allenville. 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.