Natural hazards · Corning

Corning, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corning comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1989. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corning?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corning to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding43%Drought28%Tornadoes12%Cold waves5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Corning faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

28% of expected damage

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Corning flood?

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

11paid claims since 1989

$361Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19892026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 6 claims, $192K
Late spring storms: 1 claim, $44K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Holt County.

Disasters that hit Corning

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorningDeclared for Holt County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2011

Flooding

7 households applied for aid $59K aid approved

Holt County has had 21 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. Corning 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 Corning’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Corning. 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.