Natural hazards · Marion

Marion, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marion comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 28 claims here since 1993. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marion?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marion to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding46%Drought16%Tornadoes13%Cold waves9%Heat waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Marion 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 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Marion flood?

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

28paid claims since 1993

$560Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 24 claims, $508K

Disasters that hit Marion

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarionDeclared for Daviess County only

2015

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

$41K to the Township of Marion for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$22K to the Township of Marion for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Township of Marion for repairs

Daviess County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Marion

Marion and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Marionmostly inland floodingHigh

Grand Rivermostly inland floodingHigh

Bentonmostly inland floodingHigh

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingHigh

Libertymostly inland floodingHigh

Dallasmostly 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. Marion covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marion’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Marion. 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 Marion total about $3.6M 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.