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Natural hazards · Nixa

Nixa, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nixa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1985. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Nixa?

48
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nixa to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes19%Heat waves13%Ice storms6%Strong wind5%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Nixa faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Heat waves

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Nixa flood?

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

4paid claims since 1985
$37Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19852026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $2K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Nixa isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Christian County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Nixa

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NixaDeclared for Christian County only
2023

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

$185K to the City of Nixa for repairs
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

54 households applied for aid $57K aid approved
2008

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$57K to the City of Nixa for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$77K to the City of Nixa for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

71 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$14K to the City of Nixa for repairs
Christian County has had 18 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. Nixa covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nixa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Nixa. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Nixa total about $3.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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