Natural hazards · Forsyth

Forsyth, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Forsyth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Forsyth?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Forsyth to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Cold waves8%Tornadoes7%Heat waves7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Forsyth faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Forsyth flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $6K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Taney County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Forsyth

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ForsythDeclared for Taney County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$16K to the City of Forsyth for repairs

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $872 aid approved $10K to the City of Forsyth for repairs

2015

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

9 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $57K to the City of Forsyth for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $49K aid approved $38K to the City of Forsyth for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the City of Forsyth for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

4 households applied for aid $850 aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $29K to the City of Forsyth for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$8K to the City of Forsyth for repairs

Taney County has had 17 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. Forsyth covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Forsyth’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Forsyth. 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 Forsyth total about $1.9M 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.