Natural hazards · Arbela

Arbela, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arbela comes from heat waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arbela?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arbela to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from heat waves and inland flooding.

Heat waves40%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes11%Drought7%Cold waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Arbela faces

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

Heat waves

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Arbela flood?

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

Disasters that hit Arbela

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Scotland County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Arbela itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into ArbelaDeclared for Scotland County only

Scotland County has had 20 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. Arbela 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 Arbela’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Arbela. 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.