Natural hazards · Pleasant Hope

Pleasant Hope, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pleasant Hope comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pleasant Hope?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pleasant Hope to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes15%Heat waves9%Strong wind6%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Pleasant Hope 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

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Pleasant Hope flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$22Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $22K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Polk County.

Disasters that hit Pleasant Hope

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Pleasant HopeDeclared for Polk County only

2015

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

8 households applied for aid $810 aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the City of Pleasant Hope for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

40 households applied for aid $85K aid approved $6K to the City of Pleasant Hope for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$202K to the City of Pleasant Hope for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$30K to the City of Pleasant Hope for repairs

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

Pleasant Hope, MO natural hazards

How exposed is Pleasant Hope?

What Pleasant Hope faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Pleasant Hope flood?

Biggest named events

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

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