Natural hazards · Leasburg

Leasburg, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leasburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Leasburg?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leasburg to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding41%Cold waves25%Heat waves12%Earthquakes7%Tornadoes7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Leasburg faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 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 Leasburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

Disasters that hit Leasburg

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeasburgDeclared for Crawford County only

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2015

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

1 household applied for aid $908 aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$49K to the Village of Leasburg for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Crawford County has had 20 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. Leasburg 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 Leasburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Leasburg. 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.