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Portageville, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Portageville comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Portageville?

92
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes72%Heat waves9%Inland flooding6%Tornadoes6%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Portageville faces

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

Earthquakes

72% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Portageville flood?

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

6paid claims since 1979
$93Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Early winter storms: 1 claim, $1K
  • Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $30K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Portageville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: New Madrid County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Portageville

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PortagevilleDeclared for New Madrid County only
2025

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

7 households applied for aid $24K aid approved
2024

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

12 households applied for aid $32K aid approved
2020

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

$79K to the City of Portageville for repairs
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $75K aid approved $33K to the City of Portageville for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$274K to the City of Portageville for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the City of Portageville for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
New Madrid County has had 22 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. Portageville 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 Portageville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Portageville. 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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