Natural hazards · Buckner

Buckner, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buckner comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buckner?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckner to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes24%Heat waves19%Cold waves8%Hail7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Buckner faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Heat waves

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Buckner flood?

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

14paid claims since 1979

$94Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $9K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

Disasters that hit Buckner

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BucknerDeclared for Jackson County only

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$12K to the City of Buckner for repairs

Jackson County has had 24 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. Buckner 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 Buckner’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Buckner. 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.