Natural hazards · Doolittle

Doolittle, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Doolittle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Doolittle?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Doolittle to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Cold waves13%Heat waves12%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Doolittle faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Doolittle flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Phelps County.

Disasters that hit Doolittle

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DoolittleDeclared for Phelps County only

2015

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

$8K to the City of Doolittle for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$9K to the City of Doolittle for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$25K to the City of Doolittle for repairs

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