Natural hazards · Barnhart

Barnhart, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barnhart comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barnhart?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barnhart to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes16%Cold waves9%Strong wind9%Earthquakes7%Heat waves5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Barnhart faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Barnhart flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Barnhart

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarnhartDeclared for Jefferson County only

2025

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

18 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2015

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

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Jefferson County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Barnhart

Barnhart and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Barnhartmostly inland floodingHigh

Pevelymostly inland floodingHigh

Imperialmostly inland floodingHigh

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