Natural hazards · Fairview

Fairview, MO natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fairview to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Drought12%Cold waves9%Tornadoes8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Fairview faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Fairview flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Henry County.

Disasters that hit Fairview

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FairviewDeclared for Henry County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$75K to the Township of Fairview for repairs

2015

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

$29K to the Township of Fairview for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the Township of Fairview for repairs

Henry County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Fairview

Fairview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fairviewmostly inland floodingModerate

Bear Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

Osagemostly inland floodingModerate

Clintonmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Fairview 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 Fairview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Fairview. 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.