Natural hazards · Downing

Downing, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Downing comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Downing?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Downing to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes30%Heat waves7%Strong wind7%Drought7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Downing faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Downing flood?

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

Disasters that hit Downing

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DowningDeclared for Schuyler County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

1 household applied for aid $7K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$1K to the City of Downing for repairs

Schuyler County has had 14 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. Downing 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 Downing’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Downing. 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.

Downing, MO natural hazards

How exposed is Downing?

What Downing faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Strong wind

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Downing flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

Severe Winter Storms

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