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Natural hazards · Colfax

Colfax, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Colfax comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Colfax?

57
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Colfax to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes18%Cold waves11%Heat waves10%Drought9%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Colfax faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage
Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Colfax flood?

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

Disasters that hit Colfax

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ColfaxDeclared for Daviess County only
2021

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

$185K to the Township of Colfax for repairs
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$80K to the Township of Colfax for repairs
2015

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

$24K to the Township of Colfax for repairs
2014

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

$119K to the Township of Colfax for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$104K to the Township of Colfax for repairs
Daviess County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.
Around Colfax

Colfax and the towns around it

Jefferson: High, mostly inland floodingGrand River: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKidder: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSheridan: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarion: High, mostly inland floodingLiberty: High, mostly inland floodingDallas: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAdams: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLake Viking: High, mostly inland floodingColfax: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMirabile: High, mostly inland floodingHamilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCameron: Low, mostly inland floodingMonroe: Moderate, mostly inland floodingColfax: Moderate, mostly inland flooding ColfaxJeffersonGrand RiverKidderSheridan
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Jeffersonmostly inland floodingHigh
Colfaxmostly inland floodingModerate
Sheridanmostly inland floodingModerate
Grand Rivermostly inland floodingModerate
Kiddermostly inland floodingModerate
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. Colfax 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 Colfax’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Colfax. 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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