Natural hazards · Jamesport

Jamesport, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jamesport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Jamesport?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jamesport to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes18%Cold waves11%Heat waves10%Drought9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Jamesport faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 17 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 Jamesport flood?

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

Disasters that hit Jamesport

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JamesportDeclared for Daviess County only

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $332 aid approved

Daviess County has had 21 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. Jamesport 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 Jamesport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jamesport. 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.