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Natural hazards · Hughes

Hughes, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hughes comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hughes?

72
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hughes to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding50%Drought17%Tornadoes16%Cold waves6%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Hughes faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hughes flood?

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HughesDeclared for Nodaway County only
2015

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

$45K to the Township of Hughes for repairs
2014

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

$17K to the Township of Hughes for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Township of Hughes for repairs
Nodaway County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Hughes

Hughes and the towns around it

White Cloud: High, mostly inland floodingMonroe: High, mostly inland floodingPolk: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGrant: High, mostly inland floodingGreen: High, mostly inland floodingUnion: High, mostly inland floodingNodaway: High, mostly inland floodingJackson: High, mostly inland floodingJefferson: High, mostly inland floodingHughes: High, mostly inland flooding HughesWhite CloudMonroePolk
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hughesmostly inland floodingHigh
White Cloudmostly inland floodingHigh
Monroemostly inland floodingHigh
Polkmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Hughes 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 Hughes’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Hughes. 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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