Natural hazards · Appleton

Appleton, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Appleton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Appleton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Appleton to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding42%Drought18%Cold waves12%Tornadoes8%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Appleton faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Appleton flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Appleton.

Disasters that hit Appleton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AppletonDeclared for St. Clair County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the City of Appleton for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$8K to the City of Appleton for repairs

St. Clair County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

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. Appleton 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 Appleton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Appleton. 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.