Natural hazards · New Cambria

New Cambria, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Cambria comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Cambria?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Cambria to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes16%Drought5%Everything else19%

By hazard

What New Cambria faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 New Cambria flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Macon County.

Disasters that hit New Cambria

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New CambriaDeclared for Macon County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the City of New Cambria for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

Macon County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

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