Natural hazards · Halfway

Halfway, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Halfway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Halfway?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Halfway to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes12%Cold waves8%Drought8%Heat waves8%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Halfway 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 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Halfway flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Polk County.

Disasters that hit Halfway

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HalfwayDeclared for Polk County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Village of Halfway for repairs

Polk County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

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