Natural hazards · Pattonsburg

Pattonsburg, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pattonsburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 33 claims here since 1993. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pattonsburg?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pattonsburg to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding46%Drought16%Tornadoes13%Cold waves9%Heat waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Pattonsburg 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

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pattonsburg flood?

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

33paid claims since 1993

$619Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 29 claims, $567K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

What’s been done with FEMA grants

235flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

31flood-prone homes bought out and moved

Disasters that hit Pattonsburg

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PattonsburgDeclared for Daviess County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$6K to the City of Pattonsburg for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $26K aid approved

Daviess County has had 21 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. Pattonsburg 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 Pattonsburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pattonsburg. 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.