Natural hazards · Battlefield

Battlefield, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Battlefield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Battlefield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Battlefield to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding39%Heat waves23%Tornadoes16%Ice storms6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Battlefield faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Battlefield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Battlefield 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.

Disasters that hit Battlefield

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BattlefieldDeclared for Greene County only

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2015

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

4 households applied for aid $973 aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$32K to the City of Battlefield for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$1K to the City of Battlefield for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $129K to the City of Battlefield for repairs

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. Battlefield covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Battlefield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Battlefield. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Battlefield total about $2.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.