Natural hazards · Meta

Meta, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2015. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Meta?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meta to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Heat waves14%Tornadoes13%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Meta faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Meta flood?

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

1paid claims since 2015

$22Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Osage County.

Disasters that hit Meta

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MetaDeclared for Osage County only

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $647 aid approved

Osage County has had 24 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. Meta 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 Meta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Meta. 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.