Natural hazards · Old Appleton

Old Appleton, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Old Appleton 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 Old Appleton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Old Appleton to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding49%Earthquakes19%Heat waves7%Tornadoes7%Cold waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Old Appleton faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years 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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Old Appleton flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Old Appleton.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cape Girardeau County.

Disasters that hit Old Appleton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Old Appleton itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Old Appleton.

Brought FEMA money into Old AppletonDeclared for Cape Girardeau County only

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Cape Girardeau County has had 24 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. Old Appleton 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 Old Appleton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Old Appleton. 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.

Old Appleton, MO natural hazards

How exposed is Old Appleton?

What Old Appleton faces

Inland flooding

Earthquakes

Heat waves

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Old Appleton flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

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