Natural hazards · Carl Junction

Carl Junction, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carl Junction comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1993. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Carl Junction?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carl Junction to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes23%Heat waves10%Everything else19%
By hazard

What Carl Junction faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Carl Junction flood?

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

6paid claims since 1993
$101Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19932026

Biggest named events

  • Late spring severe storms: 2 claims, $59K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Carl Junction isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Jasper County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Carl Junction

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Carl JunctionDeclared for Jasper County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

98 households applied for aid $158K aid approved $179K to the City of Carl Junction for repairs
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $19K aid approved
2015

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

2 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $28K to the City of Carl Junction for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

36 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

54 households applied for aid $109K aid approved $36K to the City of Carl Junction for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$199K to the City of Carl Junction for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$17K to the City of Carl Junction for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

497 households applied for aid $612K aid approved $973K to the City of Carl Junction for repairs
Jasper County has had 19 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. Carl Junction covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Carl Junction’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Carl Junction. 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 Carl Junction total about $1.7M 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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