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Natural hazards · Goodman

Goodman, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goodman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Goodman?

73
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goodman to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes18%Strong wind9%Cold waves8%Heat waves8%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Goodman faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Goodman flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Goodman isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: McDonald County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Goodman

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoodmanDeclared for McDonald County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $69K aid approved
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $35K aid approved
2015

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

2 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$1K to the City of Goodman for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$21K to the City of Goodman for repairs
McDonald County has had 20 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. Goodman 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 Goodman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Goodman. 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.

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