Natural hazards · Ash Grove

Ash Grove, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ash Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2026. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ash Grove?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ash Grove to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding53%Heat waves15%Tornadoes12%Cold waves5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Ash Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Ash Grove flood?

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

3paid claims since 2026

$338Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20262026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Ash Grove

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Ash GroveDeclared for Greene County only

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $24K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$59K to the City of Ash Grove for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

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

Ash Grove, MO natural hazards

How exposed is Ash Grove?

What Ash Grove faces

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Ash Grove flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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