Natural hazards · Keytesville

Keytesville, MO natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Keytesville to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes12%Drought7%Heat waves6%Cold waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Keytesville faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Keytesville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chariton County.

Disasters that hit Keytesville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KeytesvilleDeclared for Chariton County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the City of Keytesville for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$929 to the City of Keytesville for repairs

Chariton County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Keytesville

Keytesville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Keytesvillemostly inland floodingVery high

Bowling Greenmostly inland floodingVery high

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. Keytesville 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 Keytesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Keytesville. 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.