Natural hazards · Marston

Marston, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marston comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2006. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Marston?

93
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marston to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes66%Inland flooding8%Heat waves7%Tornadoes5%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Marston faces

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

Earthquakes

66% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

8% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Marston flood?

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

3paid claims since 2006
$26Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20062026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $1K
  • Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $9K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Marston isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: New Madrid County.
Disasters that hit Marston

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarstonDeclared for New Madrid County only
2025

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

1 household applied for aid $8K aid approved
2024

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

15 households applied for aid $35K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$64K to the City of Marston for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

$26K to the City of Marston for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
New Madrid 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. Marston 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 Marston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marston. 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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