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Natural hazards · Pomona

Pomona, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pomona comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pomona?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pomona to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding34%Earthquakes23%Cold waves12%Tornadoes10%Heat waves8%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Pomona faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Cold waves

12% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Pomona flood?

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

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PomonaDeclared for Howell County only
2025

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

3 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2024

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

1 household applied for aid
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $32K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $107K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

2 households applied for aid $17K aid approved
Howell County has had 21 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. Pomona 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 Pomona’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pomona. 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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