Natural hazards · Cameron

Cameron, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cameron comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cameron?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cameron to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves16%Tornadoes15%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Cameron faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Cameron flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clinton County.

Disasters that hit Cameron

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CameronDeclared for Clinton County only

2015

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

$33K to the City of Cameron for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$15K to the City of Cameron for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$16K to the City of Cameron for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$186K to the City of Cameron for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $77K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$4K to the City of Cameron for repairs

Clinton County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Cameron

Cameron and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kiddermostly inland floodingModerate

Cameronmostly inland floodingLow

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. Cameron covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cameron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Cameron. 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 Cameron total about $4.0M 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.