Natural hazards · Diehlstadt

Diehlstadt, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Diehlstadt comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Diehlstadt?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Diehlstadt to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes41%Tornadoes17%Inland flooding17%Drought6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Diehlstadt faces

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

Earthquakes

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Diehlstadt flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Scott County.

Disasters that hit Diehlstadt

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Scott County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Diehlstadt itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into DiehlstadtDeclared for Scott County only

Scott County has had 25 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. Diehlstadt 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 Diehlstadt’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Diehlstadt. 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.