Natural hazards · Pickering

Pickering, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pickering comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pickering?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pickering to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes19%Drought10%Cold waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Pickering faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Pickering flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nodaway County.

Disasters that hit Pickering

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PickeringDeclared for Nodaway County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$9K to the City of Pickering for repairs

Nodaway County has had 19 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. Pickering 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 Pickering’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pickering. 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.