Natural hazards · LaBarque Creek

LaBarque Creek, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in LaBarque Creek comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 189 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is LaBarque Creek?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in LaBarque Creek to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Tornadoes10%Strong wind6%Cold waves5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What LaBarque Creek faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 32 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 LaBarque Creek flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in LaBarque Creek, from FEMA’s records.

189paid claims since 1979

$3.1Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

March storm: 23 claims, $537K
Late spring severe storms: 18 claims, $501K
Early winter storms: 15 claims, $764K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit LaBarque Creek

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Jefferson County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching LaBarque Creek itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into LaBarque CreekDeclared for Jefferson County only

Jefferson County has had 24 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. LaBarque Creek covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to LaBarque Creek’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to LaBarque Creek. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across LaBarque Creek total about $4.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.