Natural hazards · Gideon

Gideon, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gideon comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1993. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gideon?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gideon to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes57%Inland flooding13%Heat waves8%Drought8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Gideon faces

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

Earthquakes

57% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Gideon flood?

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

3paid claims since 1993

$33Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $19K
Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $9K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: New Madrid County.

Disasters that hit Gideon

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GideonDeclared for New Madrid County only

2025

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

1 household applied for aid $35K aid approved

2024

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

1 household applied for aid

2020

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

$69K to the City of Gideon for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $6K to the City of Gideon for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$49K to the City of Gideon for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

New Madrid County has had 22 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. Gideon 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 Gideon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Gideon. 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.