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Cassville, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cassville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Cassville?

81
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cassville to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes15%Heat waves5%Everything else20%
By hazard

What Cassville faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 14 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 Cassville flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Cassville

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CassvilleDeclared for Barry County only
2024

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

151 households applied for aid $308K aid approved $58K to the City of Cassville for repairs
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$41K to the City of Cassville for repairs
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

$46K to the City of Cassville for repairs
2015

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

25 households applied for aid $21K aid approved $111K to the City of Cassville for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid
2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$14K to the City of Cassville for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$11K to the City of Cassville for repairs
Barry 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. Cassville 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 Cassville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Cassville. 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.

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