Natural hazards · Passaic

Passaic, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Passaic comes from inland flooding, 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 Passaic?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes14%Cold waves12%Strong wind9%Heat waves7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Passaic 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 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Passaic flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bates County.

Disasters that hit Passaic

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PassaicDeclared for Bates County only

Bates 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. Passaic 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 Passaic’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Passaic. 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.