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Natural hazards · Pineville

Pineville, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pineville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 2011. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pineville?

92
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pineville to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Tornadoes11%Strong wind5%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Pineville faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Pineville flood?

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

12paid claims since 2011
$375Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Early winter storms: 7 claims, $235K
  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $24K
  • Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $17K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Pineville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: McDonald County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Pineville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PinevilleDeclared for McDonald County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $750 aid approved $14K to the City of Pineville for repairs
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $336K to the City of Pineville for repairs
2015

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

15 households applied for aid $16K aid approved $59K to the City of Pineville for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $81K aid approved $20K to the City of Pineville for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the City of Pineville for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $4K to the City of Pineville for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$21K to the City of Pineville for repairs
McDonald County has had 20 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. Pineville 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 Pineville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pineville. 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.

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