Natural hazards · Freistatt

Freistatt, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Freistatt 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 Freistatt?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Freistatt to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes19%Strong wind9%Drought7%Heat waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Freistatt faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

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 Freistatt flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit Freistatt

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FreistattDeclared for Lawrence County only

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Village of Freistatt for repairs

Lawrence 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. Freistatt 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 Freistatt’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Freistatt. 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.