Natural hazards · Burfordville

Burfordville, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burfordville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burfordville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burfordville to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding40%Earthquakes21%Cold waves9%Heat waves9%Tornadoes7%Drought6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Burfordville 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

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Burfordville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cape Girardeau County.

Disasters that hit Burfordville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurfordvilleDeclared for Cape Girardeau County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Cape Girardeau 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. Burfordville 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 Burfordville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Burfordville. 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.