Natural hazards · Jonesburg

Jonesburg, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jonesburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jonesburg?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jonesburg to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding44%Heat waves21%Earthquakes10%Cold waves6%Tornadoes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Jonesburg faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Jonesburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

Disasters that hit Jonesburg

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JonesburgDeclared for Montgomery County only

2022

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

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