Natural hazards · Pollock

Pollock, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pollock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pollock?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pollock to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding31%Tornadoes22%Cold waves17%Drought9%Heat waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Pollock faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Pollock flood?

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

Disasters that hit Pollock

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PollockDeclared for Sullivan County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$4K to the Village of Pollock for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

$4K to the Village of Pollock for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the Village of Pollock for repairs

Sullivan 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. Pollock 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 Pollock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Pollock. 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.