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Natural hazards · Marshfield

Marshfield, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marshfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Marshfield?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marshfield to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding31%Tornadoes18%Heat waves13%Strong wind11%Earthquakes9%Ice storms6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Marshfield faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 71 years in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Ice storms

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Marshfield flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Marshfield

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarshfieldDeclared for Webster County only
2025

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

19 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

$7K to the City of Marshfield for repairs
2015

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

13 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $17K to the City of Marshfield for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

$22K to the City of Marshfield for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $33K aid approved $14K to the City of Marshfield for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $8K to the City of Marshfield for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$864 to the City of Marshfield for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$322K to the City of Marshfield for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $25K aid approved
Webster County has had 28 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. Marshfield 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 Marshfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marshfield. 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.

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