Natural hazards · Boonville

Boonville, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boonville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1983. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Boonville?

41
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boonville to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes23%Heat waves13%Cold waves9%Earthquakes6%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Boonville faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Heat waves

13% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Boonville flood?

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

3paid claims since 1983
$24Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $5K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Boonville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cooper County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Boonville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoonvilleDeclared for Cooper County only
2025

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

6 households applied for aid $13K aid approved
2021

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

$649K to the City of Boonville for repairs
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$10K to the City of Boonville for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$31K to the City of Boonville for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
Cooper 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. Boonville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Boonville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Boonville. 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 Boonville total about $2.3M 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.

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