Natural hazards · McFall

McFall, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McFall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McFall?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McFall to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding35%Heat waves17%Drought16%Tornadoes14%Cold waves9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What McFall faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 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 McFall flood?

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

Disasters that hit McFall

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McFallDeclared for Gentry County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$11K to the City of McFall for repairs

Gentry County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around McFall

McFall and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bentonmostly inland floodingHigh

McFallmostly inland floodingHigh

Millermostly inland floodingHigh

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. McFall 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 McFall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of McFall. 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.