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Natural hazards · Diamond

Diamond, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Diamond comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Diamond?

53
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Diamond to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes18%Heat waves8%Cold waves6%Ice storms6%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Diamond faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Diamond flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Diamond isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Newton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Diamond

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DiamondDeclared for Newton County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $754 aid approved
2015

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

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

50 households applied for aid $52K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid
2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $428 aid approved
2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$85K to the Town of Diamond for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
Newton County has had 24 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. Diamond 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 Diamond’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Diamond. 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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