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Branson, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Branson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 80 claims here since 1982. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Branson?

72
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Branson to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Tornadoes6%Ice storms6%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Branson faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Ice storms

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Branson flood?

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

80paid claims since 1982
$4.5Mpaid to owners
18homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 24 claims, $2.2M
  • Early winter storms: 14 claims, $931K
  • Late spring severe storms: 7 claims, $184K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (8) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Branson isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Taney County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

21flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Branson

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BransonDeclared for Taney County only
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

98 households applied for aid $549K aid approved $632K to the City of Branson for repairs
2015

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

60 households applied for aid $69K aid approved $485K to the City of Branson for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

116 households applied for aid $297K aid approved $500K to the City of Branson for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$39K to the City of Branson for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

18 households applied for aid $44K aid approved $57K to the City of Branson for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

67 households applied for aid $163K aid approved $156K to the City of Branson for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

23 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$36K to the City of Branson for repairs
Taney County has had 17 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. Branson covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Branson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Branson. 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 Branson total about $14.3M 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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