Natural hazards · Jasper

Jasper, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jasper comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jasper?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding48%Drought17%Tornadoes14%Heat waves6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Jasper 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 5 times a year in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Jasper flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jasper County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Jasper

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JasperDeclared for Jasper County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2015

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

3 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $882 aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$102K to the City of Jasper for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Jasper County has had 19 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. Jasper 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 Jasper’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jasper. 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.