Natural hazards · Jackson

Jackson, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jackson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jackson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jackson to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding32%Heat waves19%Drought16%Tornadoes16%Cold waves9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Jackson faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

19% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Jackson flood?

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

Disasters that hit Jackson

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Gentry County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Jackson itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into JacksonDeclared for Gentry County only

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

Around Jackson

Jackson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Washingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Millermostly inland floodingHigh

Jacksonmostly inland floodingHigh

Coopermostly 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. Jackson 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 Jackson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Jackson. 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.