Natural hazards · Big Creek

Big Creek, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Big Creek comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Big Creek?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Big Creek to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes10%Cold waves9%Drought9%Strong wind5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Big Creek faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Big Creek flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Henry County.

Disasters that hit Big Creek

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Big Creek itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Big Creek.

Brought FEMA money into Big CreekDeclared for Henry County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$1K to the Township of Big Creek for repairs

Henry County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Big Creek

Big Creek and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Big Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Shawneemostly inland floodingHigh

Bogardmostly inland floodingHigh

Honey Creekmostly 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. Big Creek covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Big Creek’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Big Creek. 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 Big Creek total about $2.5M 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.