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Amazonia, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Amazonia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2008. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Amazonia?

80
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes19%Drought13%Cold waves9%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Amazonia faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Amazonia flood?

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

4paid claims since 2008
$127Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20082026

Biggest named events

  • Late spring storms: 1 claim, $54K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Amazonia isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Andrew County.
Disasters that hit Amazonia

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AmazoniaDeclared for Andrew County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $117K aid approved
2011

Flooding

65 households applied for aid $389K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$25K to the Village of Amazonia for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $81K aid approved
Andrew County has had 27 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. Amazonia 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 Amazonia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Amazonia. 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.

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