Natural hazards · Creighton

Creighton, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Creighton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Creighton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Creighton to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes15%Cold waves14%Heat waves7%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Creighton faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Creighton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cass County.

Disasters that hit Creighton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CreightonDeclared for Cass County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the City of Creighton for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $388 aid approved

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$5K to the City of Creighton for repairs

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