Natural hazards · Chariton

Chariton, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chariton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chariton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chariton to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes14%Heat waves8%Cold waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Chariton faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Chariton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chariton County.

Disasters that hit Chariton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Chariton County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Chariton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into CharitonDeclared for Chariton County only

Chariton County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Chariton

Chariton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bowling Greenmostly inland floodingVery high

Keytesvillemostly inland floodingVery high

Charitonmostly inland floodingHigh

Salisburymostly inland floodingHigh

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. Chariton 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 Chariton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Chariton. 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.