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Natural hazards · New Lisbon

New Lisbon, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Lisbon comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is New Lisbon?

82
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Lisbon to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes48%Inland flooding17%Tornadoes10%Cold waves7%Heat waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else7%
By hazard

What New Lisbon faces

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

Earthquakes

48% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 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 Lisbon flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. New Lisbon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Stoddard County.
Disasters that hit New Lisbon

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New LisbonDeclared for Stoddard County only
2024

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

$132K to the Township of New Lisbon for repairs
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$33K to the Township of New Lisbon for repairs
2015

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

$25K to the Township of New Lisbon for repairs
2013

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

$29K to the Township of New Lisbon for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$58K to the Township of New Lisbon for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$21K to the Township of New Lisbon for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

$3K to the Township of New Lisbon for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$35K to the Township of New Lisbon for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Township of New Lisbon for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$41K to the Township of New Lisbon for repairs
Stoddard County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around New Lisbon

New Lisbon and the towns around it

Castor: Very high, mostly earthquakesDuck Creek: Very high, mostly earthquakesPike: High, mostly earthquakesRichland: Very high, mostly earthquakesLiberty: Very high, mostly earthquakesFisk: Very high, mostly inland floodingPerkins: Very high, mostly earthquakesNew Lisbon: Very high, mostly earthquakes New LisbonCastorDuck CreekPike
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
New Lisbonmostly earthquakesVery high
Duck Creekmostly earthquakesVery high
Castormostly earthquakesVery high
Pikemostly earthquakesHigh
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 Lisbon 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 Lisbon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of New Lisbon. 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.

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