Natural hazards · Conway

Conway, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Conway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Conway?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Conway to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding38%Cold waves24%Ice storms10%Heat waves9%Tornadoes7%Earthquakes5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Conway faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Conway flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Laclede County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Conway

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConwayDeclared for Laclede County only

2015

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

4 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

$16K to the City of Conway for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the City of Conway for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$23K to the City of Conway for repairs

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

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