Natural hazards · Moscow Mills

Moscow Mills, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moscow Mills comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Moscow Mills?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding53%Heat waves15%Tornadoes10%Cold waves8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Moscow Mills faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 52 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Moscow Mills flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Moscow Mills

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Moscow MillsDeclared for Lincoln County only

2015

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

4 households applied for aid $703 aid approved $14K to the City of Moscow Mills for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

2 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $750 to the City of Moscow Mills for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $26K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$10K to the City of Moscow Mills for repairs

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