Natural hazards · Duquesne

Duquesne, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Duquesne comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2013. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Duquesne?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Duquesne to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes27%Heat waves8%Ice storms5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Duquesne faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Duquesne flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Duquesne, from FEMA’s records.

5paid claims since 2013

$102Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20132026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $22K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jasper County.

Disasters that hit Duquesne

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DuquesneDeclared for Jasper County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$233K to the Village of Duquesne for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$98K to the Village of Duquesne for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$1K to the Village of Duquesne for repairs

Jasper County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Duquesne

Duquesne and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Joplinmostly inland floodingModerate

Duquesnemostly inland floodingLow

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. Duquesne covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Duquesne’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Duquesne. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Duquesne total about $3.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.