Poplar Bluff, MO natural hazards
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Poplar Bluff comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 126 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarationsHow exposed is Poplar Bluff?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Poplar Bluff to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.
What Poplar Bluff faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Earthquakes
Inland flooding
Tornadoes
Heat waves
Lower here
Not a risk here
Does Poplar Bluff flood?
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Poplar Bluff, from FEMA’s records.
Biggest named events
- March storm: 41 claims, $1.5M
- Mid-spring storms: 24 claims, $1.0M
- Late spring severe storms: 17 claims, $291K
Homes that flooded again and again
■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times
are insured
are insured
What’s been done with FEMA grants
8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here
Disasters the President declared that paid out in Poplar Bluff itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Poplar Bluff.
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Wildfires
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding
Severe Winter Storm
Severe Storms and Flooding
Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding
How to read this page
FEMA’s expected losses across Poplar Bluff total about $15.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
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.