Natural hazards · Kidder

Kidder, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kidder 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 Kidder?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kidder to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding40%Cold waves21%Tornadoes15%Heat waves8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Kidder faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 27 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Kidder flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Caldwell County.

Disasters that hit Kidder

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KidderDeclared for Caldwell County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$22K to the City of Kidder for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $606 aid approved

Caldwell County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Kidder

Kidder and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kiddermostly inland floodingModerate

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