Natural hazards · Marquand

Marquand, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marquand comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1999. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marquand?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marquand to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves15%Heat waves10%Earthquakes7%Tornadoes6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Marquand faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 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 Marquand flood?

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

17paid claims since 1999

$433Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19992026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Madison County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Marquand

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarquandDeclared for Madison County only

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

68 households applied for aid $116K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $52K aid approved $34K to the City of Marquand for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$14K to the City of Marquand for repairs

Madison County has had 22 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. Marquand 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 Marquand’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marquand. 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.

Marquand, MO natural hazards

How exposed is Marquand?

What Marquand faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Heat waves

Earthquakes

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Marquand flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

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