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Natural hazards · Dixon

Dixon, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dixon 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 Dixon?

52
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dixon to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves16%Heat waves12%Tornadoes8%Earthquakes6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Dixon 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 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Dixon flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Dixon

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DixonDeclared for Pulaski County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $750 aid approved
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $155K aid approved
2015

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

23 households applied for aid $133K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the City of Dixon for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $121K aid approved $33K to the City of Dixon for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$57K to the City of Dixon for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $27K aid approved
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$13K to the City of Dixon for repairs
Pulaski 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. Dixon 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 Dixon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dixon. 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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