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Natural hazards · Marble Hill

Marble Hill, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marble Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 59 claims here since 1985. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Marble Hill?

86
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marble Hill to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding46%Earthquakes20%Tornadoes15%Strong wind6%Heat waves5%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Marble Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Marble Hill flood?

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

59paid claims since 1985
$1.6Mpaid to owners
9homes flooded more than once
19852026

Biggest named events

  • March storm: 16 claims, $548K
  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $10K
  • Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $7K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Marble Hill isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Bollinger County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

35flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
3storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Marble Hill

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Marble HillDeclared for Bollinger County only
2025

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

1 household applied for aid
2023

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

$19K to the City of Marble Hill for repairs
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

3 households applied for aid
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $63K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

78 households applied for aid $129K aid approved $45K to the City of Marble Hill for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$38K to the City of Marble Hill for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$28K to the City of Marble Hill for repairs
Bollinger 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. Marble Hill covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marble Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marble Hill. 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 Marble Hill total about $3.8M 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.

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