Natural hazards · New Hamburg

New Hamburg, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Hamburg comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Hamburg?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Hamburg to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes32%Tornadoes22%Inland flooding18%Heat waves7%Cold waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What New Hamburg faces

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

Earthquakes

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Hamburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Scott County.

Disasters that hit New Hamburg

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Scott County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching New Hamburg itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into New HamburgDeclared for Scott County only

Scott County has had 25 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. New Hamburg 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 Hamburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to New Hamburg. 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.